This website has been developed by the New Jersey Consortium for Middle Schools, a federally-funded program headquartered at Kean University, Union, NJ. The consortium consists of Kean, Rider, Rowan, and William Paterson Universities in NJ, as well as our partner districts and organizations. They consist of the Educational Testing Service, New Jersey Education Association, New Jersey Middle School Association, Apple, the Buck Institute, Ewing Public Schools, Millville Public Schools, Passaic Public Schools, Paulsboro Public Schools, Perth Amboy Public Schools, Piscataway Public Schools, Wayne Public Schools, and Woodbury Public Schools.