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ARMONK, N.Y. The standardized English and math test scores for grades three through eight released Tuesday by the New York State Department of Education showed that the Byram Hills Central School District performed well, with multiple grades featuring at least 90 percent of their students placing in the proficiency standard level, or levels three and four.
The district scored particularly high on the math tests where the fifth, sixth and eighth grades all scored 95 percent of their students in the proficiency standard level.
Out of the 12 tests across six grades, Byram Hills improved on last years scores in all but three tests. The biggest improvement from last year was in fifth-grade English where 86 percent of students scored proficiently, up from 78 percent last year. The biggest decrease in scores from last year came in seventh-grade English, where 81 percent of students scored proficiently, down from 86 percent in 2011.
The Byram Hills Central School Districts proficiency level scores were well higher than the county average at each grade.
At the state-wide level, students across grades three through eight saw an increase in proficiency from last year. Across the state, 55 percent of all students met or exceeded the English proficiency level, up from 53 percent last year. In math, 65 percent scored proficiently, up from 63 percent last year.
New York State Education Director John B. King said the slight increases are a good sign, but may not be enough for the higher standards in core curriculum that will be set state-wide in 2013.
These results are a small, positive sign of growth, but not enough of our students are climbing as steadily as they should be, King said in released statement. Next school year, we start to implement reforms to make that ladder strong enough to support all our students as they climb toward college and career readiness."
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