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Must be all those bad teachers that causes: N.J. students do better on AP tests than students from any other state | NJ.com

PolitiFact New Jersey: N.J. students do better on AP tests than students from any other state | NJ.com:

PolitiFact New Jersey: N.J. students do better on AP tests than students from any other state

Published: Sunday, September 04, 2011, 5:30 AM

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New Jersey's public school students do better than other students across the country on Advanced Placement tests, according to the New Jersey Education Association.

The NJEA, the state's largest teachers union, pointed out that statistic on its website. PolitiFact New Jersey checked it with The College Board, the organization that administers Advanced Placement exams, and confirmed that New Jersey's public schools students have the highest average AP test scores in the country.

Read our True ruling on this statement at PolitiFactNJ.com and then join the conversation about it at NJ.com.