One statewide group called the results lackluster.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress, a widely cited testing program, school9.typepad.com foNY loses some ground in national school ratings Schoolsund New Yorks fourth graders who took the math test in the spring had a lower average score than the national average, and lower than 30 other states. The 2011 New York score was lower than the 2009 score,tumour4581.typepad.com. but still higher than the 1992 score, the earliest comparison included in Tuesdays report.
New Yorks 8th graders were around the national average for reading and showed no significant change from 2009. Fourth-graders scored higher than the national average in reading, but not much different than in 2009.
Nationally in 2011, 40 percent of fourth-graders scored above the proficiency level, aduedu1492.typepad.com compared with 38 percent in 2009. In New York, the numbers went in the other direction: 36 percent were proficient in 2011, a drop from 40 percent in 2009.
Students receiving free or reduced cost lunches at school - a reflection of relative wealth - narrowed the gap in fourth grade math and reading since the mid-1990s.
New Yorks results show that despite all of the talk of raising academic standards and promises of reform, we still havent seen significant improvements in reading and math, said B. Jason Brooks, director of research at the independent Foundation for Education Reform and Accountability.
New Yorks 8th grade math score was also lower than the national average, Ex-L.A. teacher charged with molesting 23 children school photos without improvement since 2009 and lower than 29 states.
The state Education Department didnt immediately comment. In the past, New York has seen drops in student performance when local curriculums fell out of line with state standards, putting students in those schools at a disadvantage in testing.
New York schools showed improvements in closing the achievement gap between white students and racial minorities and between wealthier districts and poorer districts:
NY loses some ground in national school ratings Schools,ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York was the only state to see a decline in its math score for fourth graders in a national assessment of public schools, which shows mostly stagnant academic progress over the last two years.
Black students narrowed the gap in eighth grade math compared to 1990 and in fourth grade math since 1992.
