HCS Scores Above State Average for English, Math

RFH 2010, HCS News

Tue, Aug 09, 2011

On average, most HCS students in third through eighth grade did better on standardized testing than students in the rest of the state.

The state Education Department recently released scores for the standardized tests taken by all students.

Statewide, 52.8 percent of all students in those grade scored at levels three and four on the English language tests, proving mastery of the subject. And, 63 percent of students in New York scored in the third and fourth levels combined for math.

In Hamilton, the scores were -- with two exceptions -- markedly above the state average. Sixth and eighth grade math were below the state average.

Grade/Subject	# Tested	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4	Combined Levels 3 & 4
3rd English	40	12.5%	22.5%	50%	15%	65%
3rd Math	40	15%	15%	45%	25%	70%
4th English	47	4.3%	21.3%	63.8%	10.6%	74.4%
4th Math	47	2.1%	31.9%	34%	31.9%	65.9%
5th English	27	3.7%	3.7%	25.9%	14.8%	70.4%
5th Math	27	3.7%	11.1%	51.9%	33.3%	85.2%
6th English	46	10.9%	30.4%	50%	8.7%	58.7%
6th Math	46	15.2%	23.9%	30.4%	30.4%	60.8%
7th English	47	2.1%	14.9%	55.3%	27.7%	87%
7th Math	46	2.2%	10.9%	45.7%	41.3%	87%
8th English	50	6%	24%	64%	6%	70%
8th Math	49	4.1%	38.8%	36.7%	20.4%	57.1%