Interesting.
https://www.amny.com/news/less-than-...sts-this-year/
Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, only four out of 10 elementary and middle school-aged children in New York took state math or English assessments this past spring. As a result, the state will not release 2020-21 state testing data and only release district and individual school scores.
“While educators and school-based staff rose to meet unprecedented challenges last year, everything about education was different for educators, students and parents, including the state assessments,” said Commissioner Rosa. “This year just 4 in 10 students took the tests so the data does not reflect the majority of students’ learning. State exams are just one of multiple measures of student learning used to help shape student individualized learning plans so they have the supports they need.”
In the years prior to the pandemic, about 80% of third through eighth-grade students in New York would sit for either the math or English Language Arts exams, according to the state Department of Education. But this past spring, only 41.9% of children enrolled in the third through eighth grade took the ELA exam while 39.9% took the math test.
Students turn out for the state assessments by race differed among students. Despite 40% of third through eighth-grade students in the city’s public school system identify as Latino, only 31% of ELA test-takers and 32% of students who took a state math assessment in the Spring were Latino. Although Black students make up 20% of public school students in those same grades, Black students only made up 15% of all students sitting for an ELA state test and 14% of those sitting for a math test.
However, that trend was the opposite with Asian and white students who represented a disproportionally high number of children sitting for state assessments. Even though white and Asian students made up 18% of children enrolled in third through eighth grades, Asian and white students accounted for 22% and 28% of students sitting for English and math assessments respectively. Overall, only 63.% of test-taking students scored within their grade level for English while 51.5% tested at grade level for math, state data shows.
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