Mr. Bloomberg called the improvements for Hispanic students the "most dramatic success story" among all ethnic groups, although just over half of Hispanic students graduated on time.
Chris Millward, the director for fair access and participation at the Office for Students (OfS), the university regulator for England, called the improvements incremental and promised that the OfS's plans would lead to a step change within the next five years.
Paul Steely White, executive director of Transportation Alternatives, a pedestrian and cyclist group, called the improvements "piecemeal," arguing that the city should move faster on street redesigns and devote more officers to target reckless drivers.
Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney called the improvement in the labor market too little, too late.
Karen Durham Aguilera, the corps official in charge of long-term projects for the New Orleans area, called the improvement over the pre-Hurricane Katrina level of protection a "phenomenal" advance.
The inspectors called the improvement "dramatic" and praised the executive principal for establishing "a culture of aspiration and ambition for the pupils that cascades throughout the school".
In a statement with the new results, Joshua B. Bolten, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, called the improvement "an encouraging sign that our economy is gaining momentum".
In his State of the Union address last week, President Bush called the improvement of the job market his "first goal" for the coming year and asked Congress to pass a $670 billion, 10-year tax cut.
Omowale Clay, a spokesman for the committee who threatened to boycott the Harlem USA stores, called the improvement district's event an "opportunistic fraud" and said his opponents "organized this with Giuliani's Police Department and local house Negroes".
Applying this technology to speech translation cut error rates to about 15%, said Mr Rashid, calling the improvement a "dramatic change".
