NJ Report Cards Cause Consternation Re: "Real" Cost Per Pupil

New Jersey Left Behind:

The NJ DOE released the 2010-2011 School Report Cards yesterday, with a few new bells and whistles. One new feature is accurate graduation rates, previously self-reported by individual districts; another spotlights the cost per pupil when other costs - mandated preschools, out-of-district tuition, debt, transportation - are added to the mix.

(Weirdly, Trenton Public Schools is missing from the database.)

Here's a rundown of local coverage, which is primarily focused on school costs.

NJ Spotlight (its interactive Report Card here) comments on the impact of NJ's fiscal difficulties on school costs:

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 3, 2012 2:09 AM
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