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EdTrust-New York and Educators for Excellence Call for Action on New York’s Math Crisis
New York has a math problem, and students cannot afford to wait another year for the state to address it. EdTrust-New York and Educators for Excellence (E4E) are calling for stronger, more coordinated state action through their new report, “A Math State of Mind: A Roadmap for Reversing New York’s Math Decline.” The report outlines four key priorities to improve math outcomes and advance equity across New York.
EdTrust-New York Calls on NYSED to Pause NY Inspires
EdTrust-New York remains concerned about the roll out of NY Inspires and calls on the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and Board of Regents to pause the elimination of Regents exams as a graduation requirement until the state addresses key equity concerns and builds a credible statewide alternative for measuring college and career readiness.
New York should not tear down the measuring stick before it builds a better one.
EdTrust-New York Calls for Independent Audit of State ELA Assessments Following Significant Year-Over-Year Fluctuations
EdTrust-New York welcomes the New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) release of preliminary 2025-26 Grades 3-8 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Grades 5 and 8 Science assessment results ahead of the new school year. At the same time, we are deeply concerned by the significant decline in ELA outcomes and the dramatic shifts in student performance over the past two years.
EdTrust-New York Highlights Proven Strategies to Improve Literacy Outcomes for Multilingual Learners Across New York
EdTrust-New York today released “Scaling What Works in Multilingual Literacy,” a new report that highlights proven strategies to improve literacy outcomes for multilingual learners and calls on New York policymakers to scale evidence-based practices that help more students become confident readers and writers.
EdTrust-New York Analysis Finds NYC Improved Class Size Funding Equity Per Student This Year, but Structural Challenges Remain
EdTrust-New York’s new analysis, “NYC Makes More Equitable Class Size Funding Decisions but Faces Long-Term Equity Risks,” finds that New York City improved the equity of its FY27 class size reduction funding by allocating more resources to schools with the greatest needs. At the same time, larger enrollments led the City to allocate higher average funding per school to schools with lower-poverty, creating ongoing equity challenges as New York City implements the state’s class size reduction law. During the 2025-26 school year, New York City brought approximately 64% of classes into compliance with the law. The Legislature extended the full-implementation deadline from 2028 to 2030, giving the City additional time to address workforce, facilities, and fiscal challenges.
EdTrust-New York Analysis Finds New York Graduation Rates Falling as Readiness Concerns Grow
EdTrust-New York today released a new report, The Readiness Question: What Falling Graduation Rates Mean for New York’s Future, showing that New York’s high school graduation rate fell from 87% in 2022 to 85% in 2025. That two-point drop marks the largest year-over-year decline in two decades and reveals persistent inequities in educational opportunities and outcomes.
EdTrust-New York Welcomes Key Education Investments in Final Budget, Calls for Further Action on Equity Gaps
EdTrust-New York welcomes the final state budget’s support for several of our educational equity priorities. The budget commits $4.5 billion to universal child care and pre-K, allocates $30 million for K-12 priorities, including math and literacy instruction, high-impact tutoring, and College in High School programming, and provides $1 million for Emergency Aid at SUNY and CUNY. We also appreciate the new safeguards included in the budget to protect immigrant students’ access to education at a time when students and families need additional support and clear reminders that all children belong in school. Finally, we support the changes to the Foundation Aid formula, which direct more funding to students who face the greatest barriers to opportunity, including those experiencing homelessness, those in foster care, and English Language Learners/Multilingual Learners
New Report Shows New York’s Literacy Reforms Leave Multilingual Learners Behind
EdTrust-New York released a new report, Out of Reach: The State of Multilingual Learner Literacy in New York, which finds that the state’s recent literacy reforms fail to meaningfully include multilingual learners, despite their share of the student population and persistently low literacy outcomes.
New Report Finds Thousands of Qualified New York Students “Proficient and Passed Over” for Eighth Grade Algebra 1
The New York Equity Coalition, convened by EdTrust-New York, released a new report, Proficient and Passed Over: Disparities in Eighth Grade Algebra 1 Enrollment, showing that New York schools deny tens of thousands of academically prepared students access to eighth grade Algebra 1, an essential accelerated gateway to college and career success.
EdTrust-New York Backs Gov. Hochul’s Efforts to Defend Education Access for All Students, Regardless of Immigration Status
EdTrust-New York applauds Gov. Hochul’s leadership in advancing protections for undocumented students and defends every child’s right to a public education across New York State.
EdTrust-New York Finds Progress in NY Literacy Curriculum Alignment, but Warns Disproven Practices Still Persist
EdTrust-New York released a new analysis today showing that New York State has made progress in shifting toward evidence-based literacy instruction under the 2024 Back to Basics law but significant gaps remain, leaving hundreds of thousands of students without full access to instruction aligned with the science of reading. The New York Campaign for Early Literacy (NYCEL) is featuring this analysis as part of its Visions and Voices Literacy Advocacy Day to highlight the urgent need for stronger state action to improve reading outcomes for all students.
Statement from EdTrust-New York on NYC Class Size Reduction Implementation Report
EdTrust-New York welcomes this new analysis from the Urban Institute on New York City’s class size reduction law and agrees it highlights critical challenges in implementation. While the city has made progress, reaching 64 percent compliance, this report reinforces our longstanding concerns about equity, funding, and feasibility.