Test results for Georgia schools rise again in 2024, remain below pre-pandemic outcomes
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Test results for Georgia schools rise again in 2024, remain below pre-pandemic outcomes

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia students showed progress on standardized tests given in the 2023-2024 school year, but it’s far from a quick rebound to pre-pandemic achievement levels as students in some grades and subjects aren’t showing a clear recovery. Students in grades 3 through 8 as well as high schoolers take tests in math and English language arts, while a few grades take science and social studies tests. Proficiency levels — the share of students meeting expectations for what they should know — averaged 43.5% in English language arts in 2019, the last year before the pandemic. Those fifth grade students in English language arts were the only ones to record proficiency levels above where they were before the pandemic, across 12 tests administered in multiple grades and subjects.

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The math problem: Kids are still behind. How can schools catch them up?
1 year, 3 months ago

The math problem: Kids are still behind. How can schools catch them up?

Associated Press  

On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school. But over the past year, fourth and eighth grade math scores slipped to the lowest levels in about 20 years, according to data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the “Nation’s Report Card.” “It’s a generation’s worth of …

California test scores show deep pandemic drops; 2 in 3 students don’t meet math standards
2 years, 2 months ago

California test scores show deep pandemic drops; 2 in 3 students don’t meet math standards

LA Times  

Two out of 3 California students did not meet state math standards and more than half did not meet English standards on state assessments taken in the spring, reflecting sizable drops in performance compared with the year before the pandemic, when large numbers of students were already struggling to meet grade-level expectations. Eighth-graders in nearly every state and fourth-graders in …

Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show
2 years, 3 months ago

Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new federal study — offering an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation’s children. Reading scores saw their largest decrease in 30 years, while math scores had their first decrease in …

No A-to-F grades for Georgia public schools for third year
2 years, 6 months ago

No A-to-F grades for Georgia public schools for third year

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia will go a third year without assigning A-to-F grades to public schools and districts because of the COVID-19 pandemic, after the federal government waived part of the requirements for the state’s normal evaluation system. Georgia didn’t administer its Milestones standardized tests to student in grades 3-8 and high school in spring of 2020 and produced no grades …

Louisiana standardized test scores drop during pandemic
3 years, 4 months ago

Louisiana standardized test scores drop during pandemic

Associated Press  

— Louisiana’s public school student performance on key standardized tests plunged in the last school year, according to state education data released Wednesday that provides the first glimpse of how students fared during the coronavirus outbreak. Jim Garvey, the longest serving member of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, said he expected the decline in scores to be …

Georgia won’t rate schools and districts for 2nd year
3 years, 8 months ago

Georgia won’t rate schools and districts for 2nd year

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia will not grade schools and districts using state test results for the second year in a row, the state Department of Education announced Tuesday, saying federal officials had waived the requirement for the state accountability system. State Superintendent Richard Woods has instructed school districts that they can’t deny course credit or deny promotion to the next grade …

Georgia high school tests won’t count toward student grades
4 years, 1 month ago

Georgia high school tests won’t count toward student grades

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — State standardized tests won’t count toward public high school students’ grades in Georgia this year, after members of the state Board of Education reversed themselves and agreed Thursday with state Superintendent Richard Woods. Deputy Superintendent Allison Timberlake said during debate Wednesday that Georgia could reapply under Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration to not give tests this spring. …

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