When you then pull out the data for English language learners (New York City district public schools have more than three times as many), the New York City district public school test performance becomes stronger, and surpasses the proficiency rate for charter schools 50percentt vs. 46percentt.
However, if you do not factor in students with disabilities and English language learners, groups that are disproportionately attending the traditional public schools, the city's public school test performance surpassed the proficiency rate for charter schools by 50% to 46%.
Following Systemic Functional Linguistics, once language learners have surpassed the intermediate proficiency plateau, they seem to follow parallel learning paths in subsequent acquisition stages regardless of the native language or languages involved (Halliday 1985; 1993; Colombi 2000, 2002, 2006; Colombi and Schleppegrell 2002; Christie 2002; Schleppegrell 2004; Achugar and Colombi 2008).
Only students in Charlotte, N.C., of the 10 urban districts studied, surpassed the national average in proficiency in reading and math.
Reading scores among fourth and eighth graders were included in the results, which showed that Charlotte students in both grades outperformed their peers and surpassed the national average in proficiency by small margins.
The educational proficiency of the disabled surpasses the national education average, and yet we have these horrible unemployment rates in those communities.
On last year's Connecticut Academic Performance Test, a state-mandated exam administered to all high school sophomores, Hartford's female students easily surpassed their male peers in reading and writing proficiency; male students barely kept pace in math and science.
Although the students in bilingual programs are initially slow to achieve English proficiency, research shows that the students caught up and surpassed English Learners by middle school on both language proficiency and overall academic progress.
Sangay's proficiency and accuracy with the drill and wedge system quickly surpassed my abilities.
But if his talents are believed to surpass all others, he is not the only individual from past or present linked with extraordinary language proficiency.
With proficiency comes progress.
