2006 Grade 3-8 English
Performance
among the Big 5 varied significantly. This shows the percentage of
students reaching all the standards, with the highest scores in the
early grades. Achievement in the middle grades was low.
New York City Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Yonkers Grade 3 61.5% 37.3% 47.4% 41.3% 60.3% Grade 4 58.9% 37.7% 50.1% 43.4% 70.9% Grade 5 56.7% 34.8% 42.0% 37.3% 64.9% Grade 6 48.6% 31.0% 41.2% 33.1% 45.0% Grade 7 44.2% 26.7% 28.3% 28.3% 37.2% Grade 8 36.6% 20.9% 26.3% 21.3% 31.8%