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SEPTEMBER 15
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State math and English test scores
show improvement across Queens
WWW.QNS.COM | SEPTEMBER 2019 | CRYDER POINT COURIER 15
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
New York City elementary and middle school students
are doing better academically, according to the
new English language arts (ELA) and math test results
released Aug. 22 by the New York State Education
Department.
Citywide, 45.6 percent of New York City students
were proficient in statewide math tests given in grades
3 through 8 in 2019, according to the state Education
Department. This shows a 2.9 percentage point increase
from tests given in 2018, when 42 percent of students
were proficient.
Students in grades 3 through 8 also improved on the
ELA exam, which showed 47.4 percent of students were
proficient in 2019, up 0.7 percentage points from the 46.7
percent result in 2018.
“During my tenure with the New York State Education
Department, I’m proud of the progress we have made
in terms of reducing gaps in student achievement,” said
MaryEllen Elia, state education commissioner. “As I’ve
consistently said, assessments are a part of the larger picture
that we look at when we examine performance levels
across the state. This year’s test scores are a positive
sign that we are making progress and I believe the deliberative
and thoughtful approach outlined in our State’s
ESSA plan will continue to benefit the students of New
York state.”
Students in Syracuse and most of New York’s other big
cities did better this year, but still lagged behind the state
average. About 16 percent of students declined to take the
test, according to the Department of Education.
This year, in Queens, a total of 126,088 students were
tested, resulting in an overall proficiency rate of 65,774
(52 percent); compared to 2018, where 126,678 students
were tested with a proficiency rate of 66,009 (52 percent),
according to data by the Education Department.
Charter schools in Queens received an overall proficiency
rate of 3,039 (58 percent), with a total number of
5,203 students tested for the ELA and math exams.
According to data, 52 third grade students who took
the ELA exam at the Success Academy Charter School in
South Jamaica in School District 28, scored a proficiency
level of 100 percent. Other schools that topped the
chart included The Academy for Excellence Through The
Arts in Forest Hills, the Success Academy Charter School
in Rosedale and the Baccalaureate School For Global
Education in Astoria — where third, seventh and eighth
grade students scored a proficiency level of 100 percent
in ELA and math.
In Queens School District 30, students in grades 6,
7 and 8 at P.S. 122 in Astoria, The 30th Avenue School
(for gifted and talented children in Astoria) and P.S. 98
Douglaston School scored a proficiency level of 98 percent
on the ELA and math exams.
Ranking at the bottom of the list with a proficiency
score of zero were Bell Academy in Bayside, P.S./M.S. 114
Belle Harbor, Goldie Maple Academy and the Academy
of Medical Technology (A College Board School) Far
Rockaway, P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell in Long Island City
and The Academy for New Americans in Astoria.
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