More Detailed State School Report Card in the Works

State Department of Education to provide more comprehensive data with better snapshot of how districts performing.

Soon-to-be-released state Department of Education school report cards will be more comprehensive and detailed, providing parents a better snapshot of how their school districts are performing, according to an NJ.com report Sunday. The annual reports will detail the percentage of students who get college-ready scores on the SAT, the number of middle schoolers who pass algebra I and the percentage of students who are chronically absent, the report said. The report will also place each of the state’s roughly 2,400 schools in “peer groups” with 29 other districts with similar demographics, the report said. This will allow officials and others to see how their school stacks up with others across the state. For years, the state has issued school…

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State Report Cards

Connors School Improves Slightly According to DOE

The 2010 report cards were released last week by the NJ Department of Education.

The New Jersey Department of Education released its annual report cards last week, showing that Thomas Connors School has made some improvement since previous years. Still, according to the report, Hoboken students aren't necessarily outperforming the state average. Connors had 350 students in the 2009-2010 school year, 38 students less than in the previous year. According to the report card an average school day at Connors is six hours and five minutes, which is 25 minutes less than the state average at six hours and 30 minutes.  Of the day, five hours and 35 minutes is used for instructional time, according to the report card. The state's average is five hours and 42 minutes of instructional time per day.  Here's a break down of the …

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