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Report card: NY students ahead in reading; lag in math, science

Originally published: February 21, 2013 7:48 PM
Updated: February 21, 2013 10:10 PM
By JOIE TYRRELL joie.tyrrell@newsday.com

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New York fourth-graders scored higher in reading than their national peers but lagged behind in math, according to a new analysis of student performance in the nation's five most populous states.

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) report card, released Thursday, also found that New York students fell behind nationally in eighth-grade mathematics and eighth-grade science.

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