{"id":62251,"date":"2025-12-05T21:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/62251\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T21:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T21:56:08","slug":"nearly-half-of-students-across-ny-state-fail-to-make-the-grade-on-math-english-tests-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/62251\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly half of students across NY state fail to make the grade on math, English tests: data"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly half of young New Yorkers statewide are still missing the mark on standardized math and English exams<\/a>, according to newly released data.<\/p>\n

The state Education Department released its yearly report card for public school students in grades 3-8, which showed that only 53% were deemed \u201cproficient\u201d in English Language Arts.<\/p>\n

Just a little over half, 57%, made the grade in math for the 2024-25 school year, according to the state data made public Thursday.<\/p>\n

The Education Dept.\u2019s budget was around $40 billion, around the same as the New York City Department of Education\u2019s $42.8 billion, with spending per pupil estimated at a whopping $36,293<\/a> \u2014 even as New York students continue to underperform.<\/p>\n

\"ANYS students are increasing their test scores but still falling short of national averages, a report found. Achira22 \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

Still, the department touted that the scores for grades 3-8 on the ELA and math tests had improved by 5 percentage points each compared to the previous schoolyear.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s results reflect the challenges and progress in our schools, and they reaffirm the importance of the work underway through NY Inspires,\u201d said Chancellor Lester W. Young Jr., in a statement accompanying the report card.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur commitment remains steadfast: every student in New York deserves access to rigorous instruction, high-quality learning materials, and exceptional educators,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When it came to the National Assessment of Education Progress \u2014 a countrywide exam widely known as \u201cthe nation\u2019s report card\u201d \u2014 only 22% of 4th graders and 26% of 8th graders reached proficiency in reading in the Empire State.<\/p>\n

Just 29% of 4th graders and 18% of 8th graders were considered proficient in math on the NAEP.<\/p>\n

The results were relatively flat compared to the most recent dataset from 2022.<\/a><\/p>\n

The state science exam, which is only given to students in grades 5 and 8, saw the most impressive gains, with 51% of pupils scoring proficient, up from 35% the previous school year, the report showed.<\/p>\n

In the city, the numbers were slightly more promising \u2013 with 56.3% of 3rd through 8th graders deemed \u201cproficient\u201d in ELA and 56.9% in math in 2024-25, according to data released in August<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One area the Big Apple lagged behind the state in was science \u2013 with grades 5 and 8 coming in at just 48% proficient, up from 41% the year before.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"TestCharter schools outperform their district counterparts by margins over 10 points. Atlas \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n

Questions are swirling around the future of the city\u2019s education system as the New Yorkers await the transition of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani,<\/a> who campaigned on ending mayoral control of the largest public school system in the country and does not support allowing more charter schools to open.<\/p>\n

Charter schools in the city told blew their district counterparts out of the water \u2013 with 67.5% of students scoring proficient in ELA and 68.6% in math, data showed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe glass is kind of half full because we can see evidence in some cases of improvements but there still are a lot of kids who are struggling,\u201d said Columbia Teachers College Professor Aaron Pallas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe solutions to that haven\u2019t yet been bottled,\u201d he said, noting that he would like to see consistent improvements over the next few years to remain \u201ccautiously optimistic.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pallas stressed the most urgent issue was ensuring \u201c100% reading proficiency\u201d among young students before they enter the 3rd grade, touting existing programs like NYC Reads and NYC Solves aimed at promoting early skill development.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m intrigued by the prospect of keeping these curricular initiatives going in the new administration,\u201d Pallas said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly half of young New Yorkers statewide are still missing the mark on standardized math and English exams,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62252,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[67,57,9,11,10,49,51,50,209,6927,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-62251","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-education","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-new-york-state","14":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","15":"tag-new-york-state-news","16":"tag-public-schools","17":"tag-test-scores","18":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}