Charter schools narrow achievement gaps in Harlem, outperforming NY state averages in math, reading

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Charter schools narrow achievement gaps in Harlem, outperforming NY state averages in math, reading: report

By Jesse O’Neill
March 13, 2023

Charter school students in Harlem are now performing better than the New York state averages in reading and math — a key indicator of the once-struggling neighborhood’s upward trajectory in education, according to a new report.

Today, 59% of kids in community School District 5 attend a privately run, publicly funded charter school compared to a traditional district school in Harlem, research compiled by Success Academy Charter Schools found.

And they’re passing with flying colors — beating state averages by 10% in math and 9% in reading, the data showed.

That’s a vast improvement from 2005, when Harlem students, most of whom attended district schools, performed an abysmal 25 points behind the state average in math and 22 points in reading, according to Success.

The new scores have helped close the Manhattan neighborhood’s statewide performance gap to 3% in math and 2% in reading on the grades 3-8 tests that Albany uses to gauge performance and compare districts across the state.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/03/13/charter-schools-narrowed-achievement-gaps-in-harlem-report/