New York’s declines in fourth grade reading scores were double the national average last year on a major national test, leaving it tied in 32nd place with five other states. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - Miguel and Jessica Millan knew something was wrong: Their 6-year-old son could not read. He could not remember the alphabet but he was still being passed through grades.
After a decade of stagnation on reading tests and in the wake of pandemic learning disruptions, states and school districts have begun to acknowledge that they have long failed to properly teach pupils to read. New York’s declines in fourth grade reading scores were double the national average last year on a major national test, leaving it tied in 32nd place with five other states. Even so, many local districts have retained teaching approaches that experts criticize for including too little focus on core reading skills, and that allow students to fall through the cracks.
New York was one of five states to enact no laws during the same period. In the state’s May executive budget, literacy largely went unmentioned. Mr James N. Baldwin, the senior deputy commissioner for education policy, said the criticisms of education officials reflected “a level of ignorance about the level of activity that has happened here,” pointing to the state’s learning standards, as well as curriculum experts and a range of support offerings that the state makes available to districts.State leaders including Betty A.
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