Diamond Graham, now a fifth grader, got an hour extra reading a day in second and third grade, but still scored 1 on the third-grade test.

He looked over the newly released third-grade test scores for 2011 and saw that most of his pupils from last year had passed.

Yesterday was the last day of summer school before the third-grade citywide tests are given again on Monday and Tuesday.

This past spring, she was holding a third-grade test in front of television cameras, pointing out similarities to last year's test.

Perhaps it was no surprise that protesters marched outside City Hall on the April day before the third-grade tests were given.

"I've heard that third-grade test is very hard to pass," she said.

This time the city has taken pains to avoid some of the problems associated with the third-grade tests.

Some of the questions turned out to be the same as the ones on the new third-grade test.

The third-grade test, which was supposed to have been given on March 3 and 4, was postponed until next week.

Now it is the third-grade test, used to determine retention.