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 2010 New York state test results of our oldest elementary and middle school students. To view 2010 New York state test results for each of our New York schools, 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 Achievement First Bushwick Elementary in August 2006. We have since opened additional elementary schools—Achievement First Brownsville Elementary in August 2008 and Achievement First Apollo Elementary in August 2010. While Achievement First Brownsville Elementary and Achievement First Apollo Elementary continue to grow by one grade level each year, Achievement First Crown Heights Elementary, Achievement First East New York Elementary and Achievement First Bushwick 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 to those of their district and state-wide peers. Our fourth graders outperformed their district peers in math and English Language Arts proficiency by 21 percentage points and scored on par with their state-wide peers.

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, Achievement First Bushwick Middle in August 2007 and Achievement First East New York Middle in August 2009. While Achievement First Bushwick Middle and Achievement First East New York Middle continue to grow by one grade level each year, Achievement First Crown Heights Middle and Achievement First Endeavor Middle offer 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 to those of their district and state-wide peers. Our eighth graders outperformed their district peers in math and English Language Arts proficiency by 18.7 percentage points.