After petitioning for the release of ELA and math exam data for students in grades 3-8, the Empire Center has published the results. Read More
Tag: Education
Results are in for the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the nation’s report card. They paint a bleak picture for New York. Read More
New York’s statewide teachers union is providing a glimpse of its strategy to shrink and potentially eliminate New York’s charter schools. Read More
The New York State Board of Regents lowered the threshold to pass Regents examinations from a 65 to a 50 in order to ‘satisfy diploma requirements’ for the academic years disrupted by the pandemic. Read More
A state agency is refusing to release exam results revealing the nature and extent of Covid learning loss among New York schoolchildren. Read More
The New York State Education Department missed a Freedom of Information Law deadline to disclose statewide test results. Read More
The number of educators receiving six-figure salaries has increased by fifty percent in the last ten years. Read More
The legality and appropriateness of the New York State Education Department’s attempt to delay access to important student performance metrics is being challenged in a formal appeal of an Empire Center Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request Read More