CEP Priorities & Goals  2025-2026

 

Priority 1 – Reading Growth for All Students (Literacy | NYC Reads)

 

Recognize that growth is possible for all students.  Our goal is that Students With Disabilities and Hispanic Students surpass national median growth in reading as measured by MAP testing.

By June 2026, all Students With Disabilities and Hispanic will meet median growth percentile benchmarks in reading as follows:  

• All students in the 40th achievement percentile band and below (will be in the 65th median growth percentile and above.) 
• All students scoring at the 60th achievement percentile and above will meet or exceed 60th percentile median growth, including those already achieving high levels.  
  
  

Priority 2 – All students are physically and emotionally safe

 

Prepare structures and support in place, both in advance and after, to reduce the disproportional number of Students with Disabilities being suspended, as measured by Relative Risk Ratio.

By June, 2026, physical and mental wellness for Students with Disabilities (SWD) will improve, as measured by a proportional decrease in suspensions as measured by a .4 Decrease, in Relative risk ratio trending down toward 1 from 2.3 to 1.9.

Priority 3 – All students have a high-quality academic experience

 

Recognize that growth is possible for all students.  Our goal is that all students surpass the national median growth in math as measured by MAP testing.

By June 2026, all students will meet median growth percentile benchmarks in Algebra as follows:  

• Students in the 40th achievement percentile band  and below will be in the 65th median growth and above. 
• Students in the 50th achievement percentile and above will meet 60th percentile median growth and above.   
  
  

Priority 4 – All students graduate college and career ready and have a strong plan and pathway to economic security

 

Recognize that all students deserve an education preparing them for college, career and a pathway to economic security.  Our goal is to increase the opportunities for Students With Disabilities to engage in advanced coursework.

By June, 2026, the Increased registration of SWD in Advanced Coursework for Students with Disabilities (SWD) will Increase by 2% from 9% to 11% as measured by Insight.

Priority 5 – All districts and schools are more inclusive and responsive for parents and families, including having more families choose NYC Public Schools

 

Recognize that sharing communication with parents and families is crucial, and work to increase family registration in their student’s NYCSA account.  This will support GAMA texting and emails, as well as provide access to student academics and attendance.

 

All districts and schools are more inclusive and responsive for Parents of All Students with the following SMART Goal: 

 

By June, 2026, the percentage of parents with registered NYCSA accounts will increase by 11 points, from 74% to 85%

 

Chronic Absenteeism

 

Create and monitor structures and systems so that Students With Disabilities and families include the importance of daily attendance, so that more students attend school on a more consistent basis

 

By June, 2026, the ESSA Performance Index for Attendance Students with Disabilities (SWD) will increase by 22.3, from 143.1 to 165.4.

 

High Quality Inclusive & Accessible Learning for Students with Disabilities

 

Strengthen student learning by increasing the complete implementation of student IEPs

 

By June, 2026, to strengthen the quality and implementation of IEPs for Students with Disabilities (SWD), we will improve Percent of students fully Served by a 7 Increase, from 88 to 95, as measured by Program Services Report.