Achievement First’s New York network has been growing and achieving at high standards since New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein invited us to expand to Brooklyn, NY, in August 2005. We are pleased to share the 2009 New York state test results of our oldest elementary and middle school students. To view 2009 New York state test results for each of our New York schools and grades, please visit their individual school pages under the Schools section.

Elementary

Achievement First opened its first New York elementary schools—Achievement First Crown Heights Elementary and Achievement First East New York Elementary—in August 2005 and has since opened two additional elementary schools—Achievement First Bushwick Elementary in August 2006 and Achievement First Brownsville Elementary in August 2008. While Achievement First Bushwick Elementary and Achievement First Brownsville Elementary continue to grow by one grade level each year, Achievement First Crown Heights Elementary and Achievement First East New York Elementary offer a full K to fourth grade complement. The graph below compares the New York state test scores for Achievement First’s oldest elementary students—Achievement First Crown Heights Elementary and Achievement First East New York Elementary fourth graders—to those of their peers in New York City and state-wide. Achievement First Crown Heights Elementary and Achievement First East New York Elementary fourth graders outperformed their New York City peers in math and English Language Arts proficiency by 19 percentage points and surpassed the state proficiency average by 14 percentage points.

Middle

Achievement First opened its first New York middle school—Achievement First Crown Heights Middle—in August 2005, followed by Achievement First Endeavor Middle in August 2006 and Achievement First Bushwick Middle in August 2007. While Achievement First Endeavor Middle and Achievement First Bushwick Middle continue to grow by one grade level each year, Achievement First Crown Heights Middle offers a full fifth to eighth grade complement. The graph below compares the New York state test scores of Achievement First’s oldest middle school students—Achievement First Crown Heights Middle eighth graders—to those of their peers in New York City and state-wide. Achievement First Crown Heights Middle eighth graders outperformed their New York City peers in math and English Language Arts proficiency by 20 percentage points and surpassed the state proficiency average by nine percentage points.