Some clues, many question marks in today’s test scores release
For the first time in years, the state test scores set for release today are a big question mark.
For many years, it was easy to predict that the annual test score announcement would be an occasion for state and city officials to point to gains. That pattern ended last year when state officials declared that the tests had been too easy and that the grading would change to raise the score needed for a student to be considered “proficient” in math or reading. For weeks before the city’s average proficiency rate fell 26 percentage points in reading and 24 points in math, the public knew that a dropoff was coming.
We have little warning about what today’s news will bring.
Last week, the New York Post reported that insiders at the State Education Department said the newest scores