The NYC Public Schools 2012 test scores for ELA & Math in Grades 3-8 were released today. The complete data available here
Education news this week has been breaking at a dizzying pace. This interview with on Democracy Now with Diane Ravitch, a professor of education at NYU, New York University, and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Leonie Haimson, a public school parent and executive director of Class Size Matters, is well worth a read. Here are some highlights: Continue reading "Education News For Week Ending July 31, 2010"
The New York State English Language Arts (ELA) and Math test scores for the 2009-2010 school year have been released. The document is rather larger so here are the relevant sections for the schools in Harlem and Upper Manhattan:
District 3 - pgs. 622-639
District 4 - pgs. 640-654
District 5 - pgs. 655-670
District 6 - pgs. 671-684
Before we get into any of the commentary about the results (and there's plenty already), let's go over what these levels mean. Continue reading "NY State ELA and Math Test Scores – What Do They Mean?"
