New Jersey

How Does New Jersey Stack Up?

• New Jersey Data Page
• Achieve State Profile
• For more state-, district-, and school-level data: "How Does Education Stack Up? State, District and School Performance Data"

Business and Education Partnerships in New Jersey

• New Jersey Chamber of Commerce Business Coalition for Education Excellence
  The Business Coalition for Educational Excellence (BCEE), at the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, advocates for policies and implements programs that support the business agenda in education reform. Through the Learn More, Do More, Earn More Student Credentialing System, it offer a number of programs to students. School Counts awards annual certificates to students that demonstrate many of the "soft skills" wanted by employers (attendance, punctuality, and extra credit), to be shown to employers during interviews. Technology Challenge allows students to earn certificates based on their performance on online challenges that test students' computer skills. Work the Money is a program focusing on financial literacy that is currently in development. It also offers World Class Students, an expansion of its State Scholars sponsorship.

• New Jersey United for Higher Standards
  New Jersey United is a statewide alliance of businesses, education, and nonprofit organizations leveraging their strengths to help parents and education stakeholders hold informed discussions about what students are expected to know and how it is tested. It is co-chaired by co-chaired by Financial Chairman and CEO Arthur F. Ryan.

Strategic Business Involvement in New Jersey

• Quick Links to New Jersey-specific Snapshots of Strategic Corporate Investments

New Jersey Quick Links

• Office of the Governor
• New Jersey Department of Education
• New Jersey Commission on Higher Education