Compared with their peers in the rest of the country, New York's students performed at virtually the same level, since 50 percent of the national norm group performs at or above grade level.

However, Mr. Fisher said, the students performed at a higher lever "in terms of presentation and in terms of attitude and dress" than regular applicants.

The play Pippin was originally conceived by Stephen Schwartz as a student musical performed by the Scotch'n'Soda student theatre troupe.

In 2010, a completely student written and performed radio noir show began broadcasting on the station, making it one of the only non-music programs available on the station.

The laboratory has a fully equipped offices and preparations, and consumable materials to the students performed in groups.

In recent years, citywide student performance on the annual mathematics achievement tests has gradually moved upward; on last year's test, 6 of 10 students performed at or above the national average.

Some students even performed street plays on 'Plastic - The demon' which was witnessed by hordes of people.

Each episode featured original music and choreography by the students themselves, performed at the school and other locations in Over-the-Rhine.

Perhaps most impressive is how well the African-American students performed after college.

Several of his former students performed at this concert and a few expressed to the audience their heartfelt gratitude for all that Necheporenko had given to them as students.