FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 28, 2010
No. 330
www.nyc.gov

Statement of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg:

“Today, the State Department of Education released the results of the math and English exams administered this spring. This year’s scores maintained the major progress we have made raising student achievement levels in recent years, and the decision by [...]

July 28, 2010
By JENNIFER MEDINA
Applying new, tougher standards, state education officials said Wednesday that more than half of public school students in New York City failed their English exams this year, and 54 percent of them passed in math.
The results were in stark contrast to successes that Mayor Michael R. [...]

BY Meredith Kolodner and Rachel Monahan
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Monday, July 26th 2010, 4:00 AM
The city has awarded teachers and principals millions of dollars in bonuses, and ranked schools based on “phony” test scores, critics say.
Improved scores on the third- through eighth-grade math and reading exams translated into A’s on city-issued report [...]

July 19, 2010
By JENNIFER MEDINA
New York State education officials acknowledged on Monday that their standardized exams had become easier to pass over the last four years and said they would recalibrate the scoring for tests taken this spring, which is almost certain to mean thousands more students will fail.
While scores [...]