The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University works with thousands of classrooms and schools around the nation and around the world. Educators at Project schools observe the progress and performance of their students through many lenses. Reading assessments, performance assessments, and on-demand assessments measure growth in reading levels; higher-level, text-based thinking; and writing.
Large Scale Test Results: New York City
At TCRWP, we also take note of state testing results. In the New York City report below, we examine results in the many New York City public schools where we work, following the progress of approximately 150,000 students across a range of demographics, including Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners: Click Here to View the Latest Report
Improved ELA performance for every group of learners, including ELL/ESL students and Students with Disabilities
Strong performance in comparison to city and state averages
Strong performance in New York City’s highest needs schools
Large Scale Reading Growth in Primary Grades: New York City
Young readers in Project schools are hard at work long before the testing grades. Children in New York City public schools grow as readers across each year. This brief examination of thousands of reading assessments illustrates how increasing numbers of primary grade students meet and exceed the rising reading standards as the year wears on. Click Here to View the Latest Report
Other State-Specific Reports
TCRWP also tracks its results across the country. Click Here to See Sample State-Level Reports
Case Studies
Although system-wide data can be powerful, the stories of individual schools can equally revealing. In a series of case studies, TCRWP focuses a spotlight on schools from New York and across the country that have benefited from their long-term relationship with the Project: Click Here to See the Latest Case Studies
Success Stories
We are always proud to take note of schools in our family which have been singled out for special recognition. In a world where influencers and athletes can expect the adulation of the masses, it is all too rare for the thoughtful efforts of educators to be acknowledged. Click here to enjoy a few of these stories.
The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University tracks student achievement and student growth in a variety of ways, including using running records to measure growth in reading levels, using performance assessments to measure students’ growth in higher-order text-based thinking, and using normed on-demand argument, information, and narrative writing to measure growth in writing. We also collect state testing data, and it is this testing data that is examined in this report.
The Reading and Writing Project works with thousands of classrooms and schools around the nation and around the world. In this report, we particularly examine results in schools in New York City, including a subset of Core TCRWP schools. Core TCRWP schools include schools with whom we have worked for at least three years, who have low turnover of teachers and students, and who demonstrate a deep commitment to professional development through TCRWP institutes and workshops. This group includes schools across demographics, including schools with high percentages of Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners.
This report looks at testing data from 2017 to 2019 in TCRWP NYC schools in a variety of ways, tracing growth over time, investigating the performance of Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners, and comparing TCRWP schools with state and city averages.
Students in all TCRWP schools outperform students in non-TCRWP schools overall across the city and the state by nearly 7 percentage points. Students in Core TCRWP schools overall outperform peers in city averages by over 28 percentage points. The benefits for schools of TCRWP staff development include:
Improved ELA performance for the student population at large
Improved performance across all groups of learners, including ELL/ESL students and Students with Disabilities
Increased ELA proficiency for each year spent in a TCRWP school
Higher scores overall at all grade levels (3-8) compared to NYC & NYS