Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in Chalkbeat. Reading and math scores shot up across New York City’s public schools last ...

City officials are crowing over gains on the 2025 reading and math exams, but the state lowered the passing benchmarks for some students — raising questions about boasts of substantial academic ...

Students in grades 3-8 in New York performed markedly better in 2025 in English on state assessment tests than in the previous two years — with more than half being scored as proficient, according to ...

Barely more than half of the state’s third through eighth grade students meet state standards in English language arts and math, while less than half of fifth and eighth graders meet state standards ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Just one school in Central New York saw at least 90% of its students test proficient on New York state math assessment tests during the 2024-2025 school year, according to state data.

As part of this editorial board’s ongoing election coverage and endorsement process, we reached out to candidates for state ...