New York state testing results are in for primary schools, and the results reflect a long-standing trend that a new statewide policy is looking to upend.
Grade school assessments across New York state show that on average about half of students in grades 3 through 8 are proficient in math and English language arts.
That’s up about 10 percentage points from last year, though a look at state test scores dating back to the early 2000s shows that scores then were about the same — there is also a notable divide between students who are economically disadvantaged and those who are not both then, in the early 2010s, and now…