Homeless and Formerly Homeless Students in New York Are Half as Likely to Meet State Academic Standards as Their Peers
December 11, 2017
December 11, 2017
NEW YORK, Dec. 11 -- Educators for Excellence issued the following news release:
Ten percent of all students who took the New York State grade 3-8 assessments in 2015-2016 were either homeless or formerly homeless, and those students were half as likely to meet state benchmarks as their peers who had never been homeless, according to a new analysispublished by a statewide equity-focused coalition of civil rights, education, parent and business organizations.
The coaliti . . .
Ten percent of all students who took the New York State grade 3-8 assessments in 2015-2016 were either homeless or formerly homeless, and those students were half as likely to meet state benchmarks as their peers who had never been homeless, according to a new analysispublished by a statewide equity-focused coalition of civil rights, education, parent and business organizations.
The coaliti . . .