Gooder and harder

NYC is spending $39,000 per pupil to “educate” them, teachers and administrators demand still more.

Even after the tests were watered down in order to boost scores, NYC schools are still churning out a mediocre, failing product. Which only proves, of course, that spending should double.

About 77.6% of Asian American students and 70.2% of white students demonstrated proficiency their math exams, compared to 34.3% of students who are Black and 35.7% who are Latino. On reading tests, 72.3% of Asian American students and 69.5% of white students were on grade level, compared to 40.3% of Black students and 39.4% of Latino students.

Among students with disabilities, 21.7% demonstrated proficiency in reading and 24.4% did so in math. Among students learning English as a new language, 11.1% were on grade level in reading and 21.5% were in math.