This report lists the statistics of the High School Class of 2009, regarding the state mandated regents tests and the number of students who were deemed college ready based on them. This report uses each student's Regents exam results to track their progress towards graduation.
This Fiscal Brief describes the effect of budget cuts on after-school programs for New York City children. Spending on after-school services, such as Out-of-School Time, have decreased, leading to major changes that affect the future of these programs.
Since the 2001-2002 school year, there have been a dramatic increase in graduating students in high school. This article provides information and statistics of those in the Class of 2009 and how they relate to the percentages of dropouts and graduates. It also invesitgates what may be the cause of this increase in graduation rates.
The city's Department of Education typically assesses progress in raising proficiency rates by comparing scores on the state English Language Arts and amath tests of this year's third through eighth
graders with last year's. The IBO sought to identify any shifts in the achievement gap between students of different racial and ethnic backgrounds in the cohort they examined.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the largest city investment in housing construction in 2002. In 2005, he raised the amount of spending from $3 billion to $7.5 billion. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio looks at how the plan has evolved as fiscal conditions change.