MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND CHANCELLOR KLEIN ANNOUNCE ACROSS-THE-BOARD GAINS BY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ON STATE MATH AND READING EXAMS

Here's the DOE's press release about the test scores and seven slides with more data are at: http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/pdf/2008/pr238-08_results.pdf

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today announced that New York City elementary and middle school students made substantial progress at every grade level in English Language Arts and math since last year, outpacing gains made by students statewide and building on consistent progress since the start of the Bloomberg Administration.  New York City’s one-year gains in both English Language Arts and math were larger than the rest of the State’s at every grade level with only one exception. Today, in math, 79.7 percent of students in fourth grade and 59.6 percent of students in eighth grade—the two grades tested by the State since the start of the administration—are meeting or exceeding grade-level standards, up from 52 percent and 29.8 percent, respectively, in 2002. In English Language Arts, 61.3 percent of students in fourth grade and 43 percent of students in eighth grade are meeting or exceeding grade levels, up from 46.5 percent and 29.5 percent, respectively, in 2002.  Also, African-American and Latino students in New York City achieved greater gains in both English Language Arts and math than their white and Asian peers, narrowing the racial and ethnic achievement gap.

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MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND CHANCELLOR KLEIN ANNOUNCE ACROSS-THE-BOARD GAINS BY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ON STATE MATH AND READING EXAMS

 

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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein today announced that New York City elementary and middle school students made substantial progress at every grade level in English Language Arts and math since last year, outpacing gains made by students statewide and building on consistent progress since the start of the Bloomberg Administration.