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Only about 50% of students scored proficient in English language arts, and city officials said the state test drop will prompt a full review.
- On Friday, New York City Public Schools released 2026 state assessment results showing citywide English Language Arts proficiency for grades 3 through 8 declined 6 percentage points, while math proficiency increased 0.1%.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Schools Chancellor Kamar Samuels pledged to continue NYC Reads, a phonics-based curriculum launched in 2023 by former officials David Banks and Eric Adams to improve literacy.
- Reading proficiency declines were most pronounced in third through fifth grades, with about 42% of Black students demonstrating proficiency, a 5 percentage point drop from last year.
- Arlen Benjamin-Gomez, executive director of EdTrust-New York, called for an independent audit of the test data, questioning why proficiency dropped after a 7 percentage point gain in 2025.
- Spokesperson JP O'Hare said the State Education Department will conduct a detailed analysis to better understand the decline, while city officials noted that in-classroom screener data shows continued progress.
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New York Reading Scores Drop as State Plans Record Education Spending | EURweb | Black News, Culture, Entertainment & More
ChatGPT Image *New York students posted steep declines in reading performance during the 2025-26 school year, with most children in grades 3 through 5 falling short of proficiency. Preliminary results from the State Education Department show 57% of third graders, 52% of fourth graders, and 57% of fifth graders did not meet proficiency standards on the 2025-26 English Language Arts exams, according to the New York Post. The decline extended acros…
Sharp drop in NYC schools’ reading tests leaves some questioning results of state exams
A student in the library reads a book after receiving candy and a red envelope in a cultural celebration of the Lunar New Year at Yung Wing School P.S. 124 on Feb. 2, 2022 in New York City. The state tests are a key metric educators use to determine whether literacy reforms are working. [ more › ]
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Niagara GazetteNew York’s overall school assessment results improve for math, science but decline for English
MASSENA — Schools saw increases in performance on state math and science assessments in 2025-26, but a decline in English language arts, according to preliminary results released by the state Education Department this week.
POLITICS: New York students’ low scores: Letters
The Issue: Over half of third- to fifth-grade students in New York failing their English Language Arts test. New York state education policies are the perfect example of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over, expecting that somehow things will be different (“Bad read: NYS failing kids,” Aug. 8). We already spend double the national average per student. And for what? And what will our state legislators do about these falling literacy rates…
Reading scores in NYC public schools plunge as math holds steady; parents to get results Monday
NYC Public Schools (NYCPS) released its 2026 New York state assessment results on Friday, showing a 6 percentage-point decline in citywide English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency among students in grades 3 through 8, while math proficiency increased by 0.1%. Parents were expected to receive individual student test scores on Monday. Only about 50% of students...
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