"Elementary and middle school students in New York State take yearly State tests in core academic subjects to assess their mastery of the Common Core Learning Standard. . . Students’ test results are ONE OF THE FACTORS that schools use to decide whether to promote a student to the next grade." 

VI. 

Decisions regarding promotion will consider all the stated criteria. The decision to promote or retain a student MAY NOT BE  BASED ON CONSIDERATION OF A SOLE CRITERION,  except that a student must attain a score of at least Proficiency Level 2 on the ELA and Mathematics standardized tests in order to be promoted from grade 3 through grade 7 (UNLESS THE STUDENT IS OTHERWISE DETERMINED TO BE READY FOR PROMOTION through the process set forth in Sections VI.D., VI.E., or VIII).

VI.A. 

Promotion from Grade 3 through Grade 7 for English Proficient General Education Students and Students with Disabilities whose IEPs do not Specify a Modified Promotion Standard

1. achieving Proficiency Level 2 or above on the designated standardized ELA assessment; and
2. achieving Proficiency Level 2 or above on the designated standardized Mathematics assessment.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, where a principal determines, BASED UPON STUDENT  WORK, TEACHER OBSERVATION, AND GRADES IN ACADEMIC COURSES, that a student is not ready for the next grade, such student shall not be promoted.

Students who are not promoted pursuant to the promotion standards set forth in this Section A shall be considered for promotion pursuant to the procedures set forth in Sections D and E below.

VI.D.1.

Students who score Proficiency Level 1 on the designated standardized ELA or Mathematics assessment, and who are not promoted based on their promotion portfolio results in June, are recommended for Summer School and encouraged to take the needed New York City Summer ELA and/or Mathematics tests in August. Students need to take only the assessment(s) in the content area they did not pass in the spring.

Section VII. E. 2. 

In August, for each student who has failed to attain Level 2 or above on one or both assessments, the principal shall review the portfolio previously submitted by the classroom teacher along with August assessment scores, summer school work, and any summer school teacher observations. IF, IN THE PRINCIPAL'S JUDGEMENT, A STUDENT HAS  ATTAINED THE EQUIVALENT OF LEVEL 2, THE PRINCIPAL SHALL SUBMIT A RECOMMENDATION FOR PROMOTION to the superintendent, along with the supporting documentation.