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California Test Scores Creep up, but Still Fail to Offset Pandemic Setbacks Six Years Later
English and math proficiency rose slightly, while chronic absenteeism improved and enrollment fell by 74,000 students, state data showed.
- California K-12 student test scores improved slightly in almost all categories, though progress slowed following a post-pandemic surge, according to state data released today.
- Test scores and academic indicators collapsed during the Covid-19 pandemic before rebounding significantly in recent years, yet achievement levels remain below prepandemic standards.
- Locally, Los Angeles Unified and Compton Unified remained bright spots with sustained gains past prepandemic levels. In English, 53.8% of Compton students are proficient or better; LAUSD students are at 39.7% proficiency.
- Statewide enrollment plunged to 5.7 million, continuing a decade-long decline. The Highlands charter school skewed graduation data, which showed 87.9% including it, but 89.7% excluding the school.
- "Slow but steady improvement," State Board President Linda Darling-Hammond said, suggesting continued pandemic recovery. At the current pace, math scores would virtually catch up to prepandemic levels by next year.
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Los Angeles TimesCalifornia test scores creep up, but still fail to offset pandemic setbacks six years later
This year's state test scores provided a mixed send-off for the education legacy of Gov. Gavin Newsom, with incremental gains in English and math, but results that continue to fall short of pre-pandemic achievement levels.
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School test scores up, but just a little, as progress slows in K-12 classes
In summary K-12 student test scores rose slightly last year, while enrollment numbers dropped. California’s K-12 student test scores improved slightly in almost all categories last year, but progress slowed following a post-pandemic surge, according to state data released today. “It’s slow but steady improvement,” said Linda Darling-Hammond, president of the State Board of Education. “It suggests we’re continuing to come out of the pandemic, and…
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