Lowering expectations won’t inspire better outcomes. It risks misleading parents and denying the very students who need help the support they deserve.

About 56.3% of third through eighth graders scored “proficient” on English Language Arts exams last year — a 7.2 percentage point increase.

New York City Public School elementary students saw an overall uptick in their reading and math scores during the 2024-25 school year, according to the citywide Spring Screener results published ...