(In 2011, at P. S. 290, 88.9 percent of students were proficient in reading, and 92.9 percent demonstrated proficiency in math. The citywide averages for the subjects were 43.9 percent and 57.3 percent).
But only 29percentt of blacks demonstrated proficiency, and since California schools were required to raise the proportion of proficient students in every group from 24percentto35percentcenthis yearar, that was not good enough.
Twenty-one percent of the nation's 12th graders scored at or above the proficient level in science on the 2009 tests, compared with 42 percent who demonstrated proficiency on the most recent economics exam, and 38 percent and 26 percent, respectively, on the most recent nationwide reading and math tests.
In math, 67.3percentt demonstrated proficiency, up from 68.5percentt.
More than 90percentt of fourth graders demonstrated proficiency on 2007 reading and math tests.
In Mississippi, 89percentt of fourth graders performed at or above proficiency on the state reading test, while only 18percentt demonstrated proficiency on the federal test.
The first received an A on its most recent report card; 50.4 percent demonstrated proficiency in English, 65.3 percent in math.
At the Summit Academy Charter School, which shares a building with the Red Hook Neighborhood School, 18.9 percent demonstrated proficiency in English, 43.8 percent in math.
On state Mastery Tests last year, 82percentt of fourth-graders demonstrated proficiency in math, 70percentt in reading and 85percentt in writing, versus 85, 66 and 86 statewide.
Over all, 20 percent of fourth graders, 17 percent of eighth graders and 12 percent of high school seniors demonstrated proficiency on the exam, the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
