{"id":32767,"date":"2025-07-02T14:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/32767\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T14:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T14:17:11","slug":"nyc-students-beginning-to-show-signs-of-reading-progress-new-data-shows-new-york-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/32767\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC students beginning to show signs of reading progress, new data shows \u2013 New York Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York City students are showing early signs of progress in reading after the Adams administration overhauled how the subject is taught in public schools<\/a>, according to new data released Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The school system is still far from where it needs to be to ensure that all students who graduate know how to read proficiently. But elementary school reading scores on quick, periodic assessments known as \u201cscreeners\u201d<\/a> increased by 2.5 points over a year \u2014 driven in part by considerable gains in the youngest grades, the data shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really, really promising news, because what it\u2019s showing is progress,\u201d First Deputy Chancellor Dan Weisberg\u00a0told the Daily News. \u201cSo the hard work that our educators and support staff are doing on the field, you can see here, is really paying off.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"FirstFirst Deputy Chancellor Dan Weisberg of the NYC Department of Education speaks at a press conference at the DOE\u2019s Lower Manhattan headquarters. (New York City Public Schools Press Office)<\/p>\n

Some experts caution against drawing sweeping conclusions<\/a> from screener data, which is captured three times each year and typically used as a diagnostic tool to help identify struggling readers so teachers can intervene in real-time.<\/p>\n

But Weisberg, the\u00a0outgoing second-in-command of the public schools<\/a>, said the data is \u201chighly correlated\u201d with state test scores, and offers system leaders a glimpse of whether students are performing at or above the national median. Close to 42% of elementary school students crossed the threshold on the spring screener, the data showed.<\/p>\n

The literacy push, known as \u201cNYC Reads,\u201d launched in less than half of school districts during the 2023-24 school year<\/a> before expanding to all elementary schools citywide last fall.<\/p>\n

\"MayorMayor Eric Adams announces the “New York City Reads” campaign. PS 156 Waverly, Brooklyn. Tuesday, May 9, 2023. (Ed Reed\/Mayoral Photography Office)<\/p>\n

Each district selected one of three pre-approved literacy programs rooted in the \u201cscience of reading\u201d<\/a> \u2014 referring to a wide body of research about how children learn to read. All place a greater emphasis on phonics, which teaches children about the relationships between letters and sounds.<\/p>\n

Screener scores from phase-one districts \u2014 which have had more time for implementation \u2014 posted slightly larger gains than those in the second cohort: 2.8 and 2.3 points, respectively. Students in kindergarten through second grade, who were exposed to the curriculum at a younger age, notched a 3.2-point boost, according to the data.<\/p>\n

While not unexpected in a school system as large as New York City\u2019s, test scores have been slow to catch up.<\/p>\n

Annual state exams showed reading scores dropped citywide last year<\/a> \u2014 with students in the second phase outperforming their peers in the first cohort using the new literacy programs. Education leaders chalked up the discrepancy to an \u201cimplementation dip,\u201d predicting students would turn a corner as they adjusted to the new ways of learning and their teachers mastered new instructional methods.<\/p>\n

The results of this year\u2019s tests have yet to be released, but Weisberg likes his chances.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean that just because screener scores increase, that state test scores are going to increase, but it\u2019s a promising sign,\u201d the first deputy chancellor said.<\/p>\n

In April, Adams and the chancellor announced NYC Reads is expanding next school year to older students for the first time, starting with 102 middle schools in eight districts.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we close out this school year, we are proud to be able to share early results on our citywide investment in evidence-based reading and mathematics instruction for our students \u2014 delivering the education our children deserve,\u201d Mayor Adams and Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n

Math screener scores show the share of elementary school students scoring above national benchmarks increased by 3.2 points, though the grade levels are not formally included in \u201cNYC Solves,\u201d<\/a> the math equivalent of NYC Reads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City students are showing early signs of progress in reading after the Adams administration overhauled how…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,407,1370,728,405,403,5294,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-32767","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-education","10":"tag-latest-headlines","11":"tag-local-news","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-new-york-county","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-newyork","17":"tag-newyorkcity","18":"tag-ny","19":"tag-nyc","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114784072128279634","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}