Grade 8 Mathematics
In Average and Low Need Districts, the percentage of eighth-graders meeting all the standards on the 2005 and 2006 tests was nearly the same; in the other categories, the percentage fell in 2006. The 2006 test was based on higher standards.
The percentage of students scoring at
Levels 3 and 4. New York City Large City Urban-Suburban Rural Average Low
1999 22.8% 17.0% 26.8% 37.1% 47.0% 62.9%
2000 22.3% 16.5% 29.5% 40.9% 51.1% 67.4%
2001 22.8% 14.3% 29.2% 39.2% 49.2% 68.0%
2002 29.8% 19.6% 36.8% 47.8% 59.0% 77.9%
2003 34.4% 23.7% 41.6% 50.8% 62.7% 79.5%
2004 42.4% 28.7% 46.9% 58.5% 69.1% 82.6%
2005 40.8% 25.2% 43.8% 54.1% 66.7% 82.3%
2006 38.9% 20.7% 39.5% 51.9% 66.1% 82.0%