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2008 Grade 3-8English Language Arts

and Math Results

New York State Board of Regents

Committee on Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education

June 23, 2008

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Achievement is Up Statewide

Percentage of Students Statewide Scoring at Levels 3 and 4 on Grades 3-8 English and Math

61

.5%

65

.8%

63

.4% 72

.70

%

68

.5% 8

0.7

%

Grades 3-8 ELA Grades 3-8 Math

2006 2007 2008

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20083-8 English Language Arts

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Achievement is up in English statewide, except in Grade 8.

69

.0%

68

.6%

67

.1%

60

.4%

56

.4%

49

.3% 6

1.5

%

67

.1%

68

.0%

68

.1%

63

.2%

57

.8%

57

.0%

63

.4%

70

.1%

71

.1%

77

.6%

66

.9%

70

.0%

56

.1% 6

8.5

%

Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grades 3-8

2006 2007 2008

Percentage of Students Scoring at Levels 3 and 4

Grade 3 185,603 198,457 195,777Grade 4 190,951 197,499 197,016Grade 5 201,262 202,133 198,022Grade 6 204,249 204,463 200,505Grade 7 210,735 211,839 207,278Grade 8 212,320 213,971 209,180Grades 3-8 1,205,120 1,228,362 1,207,778

Number Tested 2006 2007 2008

2008 3-8 ELA results

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2008 English Language Arts Grades 3-8 Percent of Students Scoring at Levels 1,2,3,4

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Fewer students showed serious academic difficulties in English in all grades, including

Grade 8.

8.6

%

9.0

%

6.4

%

7.3

%

8.1

%

9.5

%

8.1

%

9.0

%

7.9

%

5.0

%

2.5

% 6.0

%

6.2

%

6.1

%

6.0

%

7.5

%

1.9

%

1.7

%

1.9

% 5.2

%

4.0

%


2006 2007 2008

Percentage of Students Scoring at Level 1


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More Students with Disabilities are meeting the English standards at every grade level.

26

.6%

26

.5%

26

.6%

16

.8%

16

.1%

10

.5%

20

.2%

28

.0%

27

.6%

29

.1%

19

.7%

17

.3%

15

.6%

22

.8%

30

.8%

29

.8%

40

.7%

23

.9%

29

.4%

13

.3% 27

.9%


2006 2007 2008

Percentage of Students with Disabilities Scoring at Levels 3 and 4

Grade 3 23,811 26,692 27,285Grade 4 26,474 28,281 29,983Grade 5 28,987 29,985 30,661Grade 6 28,883 29,055 31,195Grade 7 29,237 29,842 31,180Grade 8 29,119 29,514 31,077Grades 3-8 166,511 173,369 181,381



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The achievement gap in English is narrowing for Black and Hispanic students.

77

.6%

42

.4%

46

.1%

46

.5%

71

.8%

61

.5%7

5.6

%

45

.2%

45

.6%

50

.8%

75

.4%

63

.4%7

9.6

%

52

.9%

52

.6%

57

.3%

79

.0%

68

.5%

Asian/PacificIslander

Black Hispanic AmericanIndian/Alaskan

Native

White Total Public

2006 2007 2008



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ELA Performance By Racial / Ethnic Group, By Gender

Grades 3-8 2008

83.3

%

58.9

%

56.9

%

63.9

%

82.8

%

75.9

%

47.1

%

48.5

%

51.1

%

75.5

%



Native

White

Female Male


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ELA Performance for Black Students,

By Gender, By Grade 2006, 2007, 2008

56.5

%

56.2

%

53.4

%

46.5

%

40.6

%

34.0

%

56.3

%

56.4

%

54.3

%

49.8

%

45.1

%

43.4

%

60.6

%

62.6

% 67.6

%

55.8

% 62.5

%

44.9

%

45.2

%

47.5

%

44.4

%

36.1

%

31.5

%

22.0

%

46.0

%

46.3

%

48.3

%

39.1

%

30.9

%

30.0

%

52.0

%

50.5

%

60.9

%

44.3

%

46.2

%

29.3

%

Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8

Females 2006 Females 2007 Females 2008 Males 2006 Males 2007 Males 2008


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ELA Performance for Hispanic Students,


64.0

%

59.2

%

55.2

%

47.0

%

41.9

%

36.4

%

54.5

%

54.1

%

51.9

%

48.2

%

44.9

%

42.8

%

56.7

%

61.3

% 67.5

%

52.4

% 60.3

%

43.2

%

53.9

%

51.9

%

49.7

%

39.8

%

35.2

%

26.5

%

47.0

%

47.7

%

48.2

%

41.4

%

35.2

%

32.5

%

50.9

%

52.6

%

63.2

%

43.9

%

49.0

%

31.7

%




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The performance of ELL students on the English test improved overall.

34

.3%

26

.6%

20

.6%

11

.2%

8.5

%

4.9

%

16

.2%

30

.5%

23

.0%

18

.9%

10

.4%

7.0

%

5.9

%

18

.0%

33

.1%

31

.9%

34

.0%

14

.9%

17

.4%

6.3

%

25

.1%


2006 2007 2008

Percentage of ELL Students Scoring at Levels 3 and 4 2006 2007 2008Grade 3 3,684 17,093 17,433Grade 4 4,379 14,200 14,683Grade 5 6,686 11,480 11,916Grade 6 5,585 9,934 10,323Grade 7 6,234 9,299 9,798Grade 8 5,852 10,076 9,046Grades 3-8 32,420 72,082 73,199

Number of ELL Students Tested


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A much smaller percentage of ELL students showed serious

academic difficulties in English.3

1.5

%

36

.4%

30

.3%

36

.6%

36

.8% 46

.6%

36

.6%

25

.9%

30

.8%

27

.5%

15

.9%

39

.4%

39

.0%

29

.3%

18

.4%

23

.8%

9.8

%

11

.1%

11

.8%

34

.2%

18

.1%


2006 2007 2008 2008 3-8 ELA results

Percentage of ELL Students Scoring at Level 1

14

50

.7%

30

.1% 38

.4%

34

.0%

51

.1% 6

1.5

%

50

.8%

34

.5%

38

.4%

37

.3% 4

6.7

%

63

.4%

57

.6%

42

.5%

46

.6%

42

.1%

55

.6%

68

.5%

New York City Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Yonkers Total Public

2006 2007 2008


The Big 5 districts showed substantial performance improvements in English.


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2008 3-8 Math

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Achievement in math is up statewide. 8

0.5

%

77

.9%

68

.4%

60

.4%

55

.6%

53

.9% 65

.8%8

5.2

%

79

.9%

76

.1%

71

.2%

66

.4%

58

.8% 72

.7%8

9.9

%

83

.8%

83

.2%

79

.4%

78

.9%

69

.8%

80

.7%


2006 2007 2008


Number of Students Tested 2006 2007 2008Grade 3 201,956 200,217 197,500Grade 4 202,791 199,391 198,730Grade 5 209,242 203,956 199,746Grade 6 211,428 206,220 202,058Grade 7 217,308 213,436 209,039Grade 8 219,414 215,415 210,716Grades 3-8 1,262,139 1,238,635 1,217,789

2008 3-8 math results

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2008 Math Grades 3-8 Percent of Students Scoring at Levels 1,2,3,4

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Fewer students showed serious academic difficulties in math in all grades, including Grade 8.

6.4

%

7.5

%

10

.3%

13

.4%

13

.2%

15

.0%

11

.1%

4.1

%

6.1

%

5.9

%

8.8

%

7.6

% 12

.3%

7.5

%

2.3

%

4.8

%

3.8

%

5.6

%

3.9

%

7.5

%

4.7

%


2006 2007 2008

Percentage of Students Scoring at Level 1


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More Students with Disabilities met the math standards at every grade level.

50

.0%

44

.8%

31

.6%

21

.6%

18

.0%

17

.1%

30

.2%

57

.1%

47

.2%

41

.7%

31

.9%

26

.8%

20

.7% 37

.2%

66

.6%

53

.4%

52

.8%

42

.4%

42

.9%

31

.0% 47

.8%


2006 2007 2008

Percentage of Students with Disabilities Scoring at Levels 3 and 4

Grade 3 27,045 26,780 27,325Grade 4 29,043 28,327 30,072Grade 5 30,290 29,960 30,662Grade 6 30,077 29,040 31,119Grade 7 29,791 29,659 31,037Grade 8 29,539 29,305 30,899Grades 3-8 175,785 173,071 181,114



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The achievement gap in math is narrowing for Black and Hispanic students.

85

.2%

45

.7%

51

.5%

53

.9%

76

.3%

65

.8%

89

.0%

54

.6%

60

.5%

61

.8%

82

.0%

72

.7%

92

.9%

65

.9%

71

.1%

73

.0% 8

8.3

%

80

.7%



Native

White Total Public

2006 2007 2008



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Math Performance By Racial / Ethnic Group, By Gender

Grades 3-8 2008

93.6

%

68.5

%

72.2

%

74.8

% 89.1

%

92.2

%

63.4

%

70.0

%

71.3

%

87.6

%



Native

White

Female Male


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Math Performance for Black Students,


67.9

%

62.5

%

50.9

%

42.7

%

33.9

%

31.5

%

75.9

%

65.4

%

62.0

%

56.0

%

47.0

%

37.4

%

82.9

%

73.4

%

71.9

%

67.4

%

64.7

%

52.1

%

65.0

%

62.2

%

47.7

%

38.2

%

28.3

%

25.1

%

73.1

%

64.4

%

59.0

%

50.3

%

38.9

%

31.4

%

79.7

%

70.4

%

69.2

%

60.5

%

57.2

%

44.6

%




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Math Performance for Hispanic Students,


71.6

%

65.5

%

55.5

%

44.7

%

38.1

%

33.7

%

78.9

%

69.5

%

65.9

%

59.3

%

52.0

%

41.7

%

86.0

%

77.0

%

75.7

%

69.3

%

68.6

%

56.6

%

71.5

%

67.7

%

56.6

%

45.6

%

36.2

%

32.3

%

78.1

%

70.9

%

65.5

%

57.5

%

48.7

%

39.1

%

84.3

%

76.6

%

74.9

%

66.4

%

64.5

%

53.8

%




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57

.0%

28

.6%

33

.1%

30

.1%

52

.9% 65

.8%

65

.1%

35

.9%

39

.2%

39

.4% 52

.3%

72

.7%

74

.3%

50

.0%

54

.6%

49

.8% 6

5.1

% 80

.7%

New York City Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Yonkers Total Public

2006 2007 2008


The Big 5 districts showed substantial performance improvements in math.


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Next Steps• Review and update the learning

standards – ongoing

• Fully engage P-16 partners to help close achievement gap

• Continue work on growth model of accountability

• Strengthen school improvement

• Support the work of teachers and other school leaders

• Share best practices across schools statewide

• Other

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