New Jersey ranks high

New Jersey students scored close to the top in the nation on a standardized test that education experts use to compare states’ school performances. The results, released Tuesday as “The Nation’s Report Card,” are the latest to reflect a long-term status of New Jersey as one of the nation’s best-performing school systems, on average. The state’s fourth graders were tied for second in reading and tied for third in math.The eighth graders were tied for first in treading and tied for second in math. Only Massachusetts students did as well as or better than New Jersey’s on all four tests. Merchantville Elementary School