The New York Times

The New York Times

Sharon Otterman reports: “City students posted modest gains on elementary and middle school statewide tests this year, showing more improvement than students in the state as a whole and in New York State’s other large cities, officials said Monday. But test scores in the city and the state remained far below where they were two years ago, when high achievement levels made it seem that an education miracle might be at work. State officials toughened scoring last year after determining that the tests had become too easy to pass.”