New Jersey § 18a:7e-1

§ 18a:7e-1.

The Legislature finds and declares that: a. The State of New Jersey has invested more resources than virtually any other state

in the nation in its students, teachers and schools, yet parents and other interested

members of the community have a difficult time determining the educational results

of the expenditure of their tax dollars; b. Obtaining complete and accurate information on the performance of local schools

can be a difficult and confusing task and concerned individuals have no place to turn

to get an objective and authoritative evaluation of their local schools; c. The establishment of school report cards would provide a simple and uniform mechanism

for measuring the return on the investment which the people of this State are making

in the education of their children; d. Nationally, a school report card program is recognized as an important component

of the current educational reform effort; and e. The Commissioner of Education is encouraged to seek continued financial and technical

support from the business and nonprofit communities for the preparation and dissemination

of the report cards.