Brian Laird on WNYC, more on the speech and the convention coming up later, but reading and math

test scores for New York City third through eighth graders came out this week.

And we want to touch on this because it's very newsworthy.

How did the students do?

The short answer is that reading scores dipped and math scores rose, although both by small

amounts.

But it's not just the students being tested, really.

It's also the newly established reading curriculum and approach to reading for elementary schools. Remember that?

And Eric Adams and Chancellor Banks priority, going back to the old phonics approach to teaching

kids how to read, to dig into the scores, what they tell us and what they don't. We're joined by

Alex Zimmerman, reporter at the Education News website, Chalkbeat New York. Alex, thanks for joining us.

Welcome back to WNYC. Thanks so much for having me, Brian. And listeners will open up the phones on

this, especially for New York City public school teachers and principals and parents, how did your class or your

school or your child do on these tests? 212-433 WNYC. Is there a story to tell here that you think

goes beyond your kid as an individual? Are you involved with the new reading curriculum?

How is that going, teachers?

Are kids catching up from the COVID lockdown gaps? Call us at 212-433 WNYC, 212-433-9-6-92. We always like to do

call-ins and segments during the summer break that gives teachers

and other educators a particular chance to chime in that you may not have during the school

year.

So teachers of elementary school reading, in particular, this is for you or anyone else

involved, including parents, 212, 433, WNYC, 433-9-6-9-2.

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