The State Education Department of New York is facing criticism from parents and advocates for its lack of transparency and accountability. This is due to the repeated delay in releasing student results on statewide math and English exams for the second year in a row. Despite these exams being easy to score and with results …
State Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt and Assemblyman William Colton are urging parents to be prepared for action as the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) faces another attack. Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn recently proposed eliminating the SHSAT as the sole admission criterion for the city’s specialized high schools, claiming that standardized tests are racist. …
In a recent report, The New York Times has shed light on a concerning issue: a significant number of New York school children are struggling with reading. According to the report, the state is lagging behind the rest of the country in addressing this issue, with fourth-grade reading scores on the National Assessment of Educational …
Recent data continues to debunk the Democrats’ claim that standardized tests are inherently discriminatory. Success Academy, following a groundbreaking study that showcased its superior educational methods compared to traditional public schools, has achieved outstanding results on New York’s state Regent exams. All 8th-grade students from Success Academy took multiple Regents exams, originally designed for 11th …
Despite the efforts of policy makers over the last few decades, American schools are still struggling to provide all of their students with a quality education. Even before the pandemic caused widespread school closures, national data indicated that 30% of graduating seniors failed to reach basic levels of competency in reading, with 40% failing to …