Source: New York Post
by Jennifer Weber & Danyela Souza Egorov
“New York spends more per student than any state in the nation. Yet fewer than half off of its third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students scored proficiently on the English Language Arts exam, according to the preliminary data released this week. Just 43% of third-graders, 48% of fourth-graders and 43% of fifth-graders scored proficient in ELA. The biggest drop was seen in fifth grade, a 14-point decrease from the 2024-25 school year. Third-graders showed an 11-point drop. This is what happens when teacher unions get their way. Standards are lowered. No consequences for bad schools or bad instructors. And our children? Failed by a system that doesn’t care. As of 2019, state test scores would no longer play a role in teacher evaluations. By 2024, nor would any measure of whether students learned at all.” (08/08/26)