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Just a few weeks ago, New York State released the results of its 2010 English/Language Arts and Math state exams for grades 3-8, and many were shocked. The state decided to raise the passing score …
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Alex Costello
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8/25/10
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In a move that has confounded local school officials and is bound to confuse and upset many parents, State Education Department leaders recently announced that they were raising the raw scores that determine proficiency levels on the standardized tests taken by students in third through eighth grades.
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8/12/10
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Test scores fell across Long Island and throughout New York after the State Education Department raised the bar at all grade levels in an effort to better prepare students for higher education.
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ANDREW HACKMACK, JUDY RATTNER and JEFF BESSEN
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8/5/10
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English Language Arts and math proficiency ratings fell throughout New York and across Long Island after the State Education Department effectively raised the bar in an effort to better prepare students for higher education.
In recent years, school districts throughout the state— including Rockville Centre — had enjoyed continually higher passing rates in the yearly assessments, taken by students in grades 3 through 8. In addition to the scoring changes this year, the tests were also moved to May —from January for the ELA and from March for math.
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by Judy Rattner
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8/4/10
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Test scores fell in all four Valley Stream school districts, across Long Island and throughout New York after the State Education Department raised the passing mark on state assessments in an effort to better prepare students for higher education.
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Andrew Hackmack
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8/4/10
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Nearly a foot of soil contaminated by oil spilled on Peninsula Boulevard between Lafayette Drive and Saddle Ridge Road in Woodmere during the July 22 crash of a gasoline tanker was excavated on July 29 and 30.
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Lori Gross
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8/4/10
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Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, District Attorney Kathleen Rice and Police Commissioner Lawrence Mulvey unveiled the county's latest weapon to combat drunken driving this past w
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7/8/10
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When Kennedy High School senior Emily Mauser was younger, she watched helplessly as her mother suffered migraine headaches that were so debilitating that she had to shut herself in a pitch-black room with no noise to feel any sense of relief.
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Scott Brinton
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5/20/10
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Ah, spring! The weather warms. The robins return. People plant pansies. And the whir of lawnmowers can be heard for miles around. Yes, folks, it’s that time of year again to start caring for …
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4/3/10
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The Principal’s Office is taking a break from its usual lineup of heavy-hitting topics for one of the most popular features since the column’s inception –– the Writing Quiz (this time in the form of a spelling test).
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Steve Kussin
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12/23/09
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