Sustainable Jersey for Schools (SJS) includes free and voluntary certification for New Jersey (NJ) public K-12 districts (SD) and schools. SJS promotes increased awareness for waste and greenhouse gas emissions reductions via energy efficiency and conservation measures; environmental education; equity; etc. SD first register with SJS; school(s) then register and pursue one of two current certification levels, bronze or silver. We conducted an initial external evaluation of successes, challenges and potential barriers faced by SJS registered schools pursuing certification 2014-2018. We also assessed potential associations between registered, certified schools in registered SD-compared to registered, uncertified schools and non-registered schools-and available socio-economic status and socio-demographic indicators using other State of NJ agencies data for five school years within 2014-2019. These included per student costs, number of students per teacher and per administrator, number of teachers per administrator, and average daily enrollment. Future SJS successes and challenges may be determined by political will of registered, certified participants; available paid human resources and contributions of unpaid volunteers; financial and technical resources available. Future evaluation research should expand on our initial non-statistically significant regression analyses on factors influencing SJS re-certification and expired certifications plus challenges in rural and relatively sparsely populated counties.

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2014-2018年，新泽西州公立学校对可持续的泽西岛学校计划和证书进行了初步评估。

可持续学校球衣（SJS）包括针对新泽西（NJ）K-12公共地区（SD）和学校的免费和自愿认证。SJS通过提高能效和节约措施来提高人们对减少废物和温室气体排放的认识；环境教育; 公平; SD首先向SJS注册；然后，学校注册并追求两个当前的认证等级之一，即铜牌或银牌。我们对获得2014-2018年认证的SJS注册学校所面临的成功，挑战和潜在障碍进行了初步的外部评估。我们还评估了已注册SD中已认证的注册学校之间的潜在关联，而已注册，未经认证的学校和未注册的学校，以及使用新泽西州其他机构提供的2014-2019年内五个学年的可用社会经济状况和人口统计学指标。其中包括每位学生的费用，每位老师和每位管理员的学生人数，每位管理员的教师人数以及平均每日入学人数。SJS未来的成功和挑战可能取决于注册的合格参与者的政治意愿；可用的有偿人力资源和无偿志愿人员的捐款；可用的财务和技术资源。未来的评估研究应扩展到我们最初的非统计显着性回归分析，该分析涉及影响SJS重新认证和过期认证的因素，以及在农村和人口相对较少的县所面临的挑战。