New York City test scores plummet year after officials makes statewide exams tougher
Wednesday, July 28th 2010, 11:19 AM
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Only 54% of NYC third-through eighth graders passed New York State math exams.City tests scores released Wednesday plummeted after officials made the year's statewide exams more difficult.
On the math exams, only 54% of third- through eighth-graders passed, compared with 82% the year before, a shocking decline of 28 percentage points.
Reading scores also dropped a whopping 27 percentage points, from 69 % during the 2008-2009 school year to only 42 %.
The disturbing decline comes in the wake of a study commissioned by the state and released last week that found the high-stakes exams had become easier to pass
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