EdSource

Placement tests land many students in a math maze instead of on pathways to success

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Los Angeles Times

Test scores across U.S. reveal ‘heartbreaking’ pandemic declines, with math hit hard

Eighth-graders in nearly every state across the nation and fourth-graders in a large majority of states, including California, saw significant drops in average math scores since the pandemic, ...
wjla

Maryland students struggle with math and English proficiency, revealing deep-rooted disparities

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (7News) — In a startling revelation, over 80% of Maryland students have fallen short on state proficiency tests in math and English language arts, according to scores reported by ...
EdSource

Scores nationwide crater on national math test, California’s not quite so much

Nationwide scores plummeted in math and fell significantly in reading in 2022 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress or NAEP, providing new evidence of the pandemic’s unparalleled impact ...
WRAL

NC schools test scores rise again, make near post-pandemic recovery in math

North Carolina students are making big gains in math, though they remain behind the proficiency rates of 2018 and 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, new data from the North Carolina ...
Des Moines Register

The majority of public schools in Des Moines see gains in reading and math proficiency

Several grades and schools in the Des Moines Public Schools continue to see improvements in English language arts (ELA) and math on the yearly Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress. In total, ...