New Jersey again finished out of the running for federal Race to the Top funds, this time in its Early Learning Challenge, which would provide up to $60 million for programs such as a new rating system for preschools and a “kindergarten readiness” assessment. Each state’s application was graded by a team of five reviewers,
who gave numerical scores and comments on each component of the bid. New Jersey’s reviewers didn’t have any strong criticisms of the state’s proposal, but consistently found enough shortcomings that kept New Jersey from being one of the top nine that won awards. http://bit.ly/vlEudH
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