ICYMI: How 'Effective' Is Your Child's Teacher?

By Tom Davis and Kara Seymour:

How effective are the teachers in your school district?

The New Jersey Department of Education has released its results for a new teacher and administrator evaluation system, with educators in the 2013-14 school year graded on a scale of four measures.

Here are the top 25 districts in the state based on the percentage of “highly effective” teachers:

• HARRINGTON PARK BORO 0.981818182
• BRIELLE BORO 0.977777778
• OCEANPORT BORO 0.966666667
• PASSAIC VALLEY REGIONAL 0.944444444
• EWING TWP 0.940063091
• UPPER FREEHOLD REGIONAL 0.936170213
• POINT PLEASANT BEACH BORO 0.92
• KENILWORTH BORO 0.898305085
• ROCKAWAY BORO 0.88372093
• UPPER TWP 0.855855856
• CLIFFSIDE PARK BORO 0.855614973
• FRANKLIN LAKES BORO 0.850340136
• LENAPE REGIONAL 0.848484848
• DELAWARE TWP 0.84090909
• WOODBURY HEIGHTS BORO 0.84
• WINFIELD TWP 0.833333333
• CARLSTADT BORO 0.825
• HAMBURG BORODistrict Total23280.821428571
• WEST AMWELL TWP 0.807692308
• LONG BEACH ISLAND 0.806451613
• CHESTER TWP 0.803571429
• MENDHAM TWP 0.791666667
• HOLMDEL TWP 0.788732394
• CAPE MAY CO VOCATIONAL 0.777777778
• WEST LONG BRANCH BORO 0.771929825

Here is the list of districts with the number of teachers identified as “partially effective” (as well as “ineffective”), based on percentage of faculty:

• WANAQUE: 14, 15.5 percent
• PATERSON: 298 (20 “ineffecitve”), 14.9 percent
• CAMDEN: 149 (11 “ineffective”), 14.6 percent
• LONG BRANCH: 66, 14.8 percent
• IRVINGTON: 68 13.8 percent
• NEWARK: 314 (94 “ineffective”), 11.3 percent
• DOVER: 20, 9.5 percent
• ORANGE: 39, 9.24 percent
• CENTRAL REGIONAL: 13, 9.21 percent
• EAST ORANGE: 80 9.22 percent
• PLAINFIELD: 48, 8.7 percent
• SALEM: 10, 8.4 percent
• WILLINGBORO: 18, 8.3 percent
• ROSELLE BORO: 17, 7.05 percent
• ENGLEWOOD: 20, 7.4 percent
• WEST MORRIS REGIONAL: 13, 6.3 percent
• HOBOKEN: 11, 6.2 percent
• NUTLEY: 16, 5.9 percent
• BLACK HORSE PIKE REGIONAL: 15, 5.5 percent
• ASBURY PARK: 10, 5.1 percent
• WINSLOW: 14, 3.3 percent
• ATLANTIC CITY: 21, 3.13 percent
• PASSAIC: 31, 3.05 percent
• EAST BRUNSWICK: 14, 2.1 percent
• CLIFTON CITY: 16, 1.8 percent
• VINELAND CITY: 13, 1.7 percent
• UNION CITY: 11, 1.65 percent
• SOUTH BRUNSWICK: 10, 1.602 percent