Student Test Scores Drop Significantly In Washington State
January 18, 2022 10:52AM PST
Credit: MGN
EATTLE (AP) – Washington students took their first state exams since the pandemic began last fall and their scored dropped.
The Seattle Times reports that between 2019 and 2021, the overall percentage of students who met state standards on the math portion of the exam fell by 20 percentage points.
Just 30% of children – public school students enrolled in grades 4 through 11 – met standards in math.
In English, the portion of kids who met the standard fell by 9 percentage points.
State education officials cautioned against putting much stock in the numbers.
But some outside observers said the scores could show where to direct resources.
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