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2006 Grade 3-8 

Mathematics Test Results

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The Bottom Line

This is the first year in which students took State tests in Grades
3,4,5,6,7, and 8.
With the new individual student data system announced earlier this
month schools will soon be able to track students throughout the grades
and get a comparison of learning from year to year.
Teachers will soon get more detailed reports outlining students understanding
of key math skills.
Schools will also see the relative performance of students in any
year across the grade levels.

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The Bottom Line

Statewide, we can see that the substantial decline in student performance
in math between 3</span><span style=" font-family: 'Arial'; font-size: 36pt;
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grade begins after Grade 4, one grade earlier than the decline in English,
but from a higher level of achievement.

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The Bottom Line

The Math Standards Committee, consisting of math teachers and other
experts statewide, recommended new math standards after extensive positive
public comment.
In 2005, the Board of Regents adopted their recommendations.
The result: New
Yorks math standards were raised in elementary and middle school. The
grade 3-8 math tests are based on those higher standards.

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The Bottom Line

The new math standards and grade-by-grade core curriculum introduced
more advanced content into the lower grades.
For example, some algebra and geometry content that had been in grades
5-8 moved to grade 4.
Some algebra and geometry content that had been in high school math
moved to grade 8.
The revised math tests
in grades 4 and 8 are more difficult. Therefore, it is not possible
to make direct comparisons between 1999-2005 math results in grades
4 and 8 and 2006 math results in grades 4 and 8.

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2006 Mathematics  

Across Grades 3-8, almost
66 percent of students met all the Mathematics Learning Standards. 
Students in grades 3 and 4 were more likely to meet the standards than
older students.

Percentage of Students Scoring at Levels 3 and 4

Number Tested

Grade 3 = 201,956

Grade 4 = 202,791

Grade 5 = 209,242

Grade 6 = 209,636

Grade 7 = 217,308

Grade 8 = 219,414

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