With the above information in hand, I decided to look at how the city did on NAEP between 2003 and 2019. The table below has the results (note: years are listed in reverse order with 2019 at the top). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you look at the percentages of each race testing \u201cbelow Basic\u201d over time, there doesn\u2019t seem to be much change in the entire time period covered. The same unremarkable lack of change is apparent when you look at the percentages testing \u201cat or above Proficient.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Equally concerning are some of the reported percentages. Roughly half of the Black and Hispanic students in the city consistently scored in the \u201cbelow Basic\u201d achievement level. NAEP documentation indicates that means these students didn\u2019t even have a partial mastery of reading. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Except for 2011, fewer than half of the White students scored \u201cat or above Proficient\u201d throughout the time period, as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
NAEP certainly doesn\u2019t provide very comforting information about reading in New York City during the TCRWP era. Apparently, New Yorkers, the current school chancellor included, have figured this out, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a lot of discussion of late about Lucy Caulkins\u2019 Teachers College Reading and Writing Project (TCRWP)to teach reading. It got me thinking. Back in 2003, then New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein really pushed TCRWP as THE … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/nonpartisaneducation.org\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-3-1024x605.png\")
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