The large -
city average proficiency rate in fourth grade only climbed two percentage points since the last administration, up to 26 percent.
Not exact matches
At 32
city elementary and middle schools, the
average English - math
proficiency rate on state exams has not exceeded 10 percent of students...
The school that stuck with the program (IS 228 in Brooklyn) posted student growth gains on the state assessment that were twice the
average of NYC schools overall in its second year, and
proficiency gains that exceeded both the
city and charter school norms.
In fourth - grade reading, eighth - grade reading, and eighth - grade math, about one out of every four students reaches
proficiency in the
average large
city.
For the last two years, OCS has met the New York
City Department of Education's target for
average student
proficiency in reading.
Currently, the
city hovers at just over 50 % for academic
proficiency, with a five - year
average growth rate of about 1.6 % per year.
Fewer than a third of students are reading on grade level, and the math
proficiency rate among eighth - graders is less than half the
city average.
That's a potential liability in a
city looking to change the narrative of an urban school system that persistently lags behind statewide
averages in academic
proficiency.
In addition, student
proficiency rates are double the
city average: 84 % of students are proficient in reading and 78 % are proficient in math.
Students boast math and English
proficiency rates well above
city averages.
Its
proficiency percentage is double that of the student
proficiency in PS 307 for 4 consecutive school years and higher than
city average (NYSED Data).