{"id":15736,"date":"2026-08-07T10:57:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/?post_type=article&#038;p=15736"},"modified":"2026-08-10T11:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:00:53","slug":"nyc-student-scores-plunge-with-only-half-reading-at-grade-level","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/advocatesforchildren.org\/ko\/articles\/nyc-student-scores-plunge-with-only-half-reading-at-grade-level\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC student scores plunge with only half reading at grade level"},"template":"","class_list":["post-15736","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-afc-in-the-news","topic_tax-literacy"],"acf":{"component_standard_hero":{"":null,"excerpt":"","short_description":"","button":{"":null,"link_type":"off","page":null,"file":null,"title":""},"image":15737,"disable_share_icons":false},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<strong>\ub274\uc695 \ub370\uc77c\ub9ac \ub274\uc2a4<\/strong> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nysed.gov\/news\/2026\/state-education-department-releases-preliminary-data-english-language-arts-mathematics-and\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.nysed.gov\/news\/2026\/state-education-department-releases-preliminary-data-english-language-arts-mathematics-and\">Data released Friday<\/a>\u00a0showed that just half, 50.3 percent, of all students in grades 3 through 8 scored as proficient in English Language Arts \u2014 a drop from about 56% the year before. Alarmingly, scores for the youngest students, third graders, in particular, dropped 14 points, with just 44% scoring proficient in the subject.\r\n\r\nMaria Odom, executive director of Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), said the new data raises \u201cmore questions than answers.\u201d\r\n<div id=\"ConneXt_Action_Id-134282\" class=\"Mg2-connext x-editable-text Mg2-newsletter-inline_notif_mng bottom\" data-display-type=\"inline\" data-uniqid=\"1786369302487\">\r\n<div class=\"inline-body\">\r\n<div class=\"contener container-fluid\">\r\n<div id=\"sectionFront\" class=\"custom-tmpl-wrapper\">\r\n<div class=\"row\" data-nxt-template-step=\"Newsletter\" data-step-display=\"block\">\r\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\r\n<div class=\"row\" data-nxt-template-substep=\"SubscribeNewsletter\" data-step-display=\"block\">\r\n<div class=\"wripper_block\">\r\n<div class=\"col-md-6\">\r\n<div class=\"article-body\">\r\n<div class=\"body-copy\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Article Links\">\r\n\r\n\u201cWhat is clear is that the work is far from done \u2014 with only around half of students reading proficiently and glaring disparities between student subgroups,\u201d Odom said. \u201cThere are no silver bullets in education and true change does not happen overnight.\u201d\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","":null,"settings":""}}],"relationships":{"":null,"article_type":[83],"topics":[100],"misc_topics":false},"misc":{"search_results":{"":null,"excerpt":"","featured_image":15737}}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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