Student & School Performance
“I feel like this isn’t coming from a crime and punishment lens,” school board President Carrie Olson said.
‘The pandemic has not only driven test scores down, but that decline masks a pernicious inequality that has grown,’ one author of the new report said.
Colorado has made some progress toward recovery in math, but not as much in reading.
The state bet big on tutoring and summer learning programs after the pandemic.
NAEP results released Wednesday showed little change in average math and reading scores for New Jersey, but gaps between the state’s lowest- and highest-performing students widened.
Scores for eighth grade reading and math as well as fourth grade reading are basically the same as NAEP results from 2022.
Indiana students’ NAEP scores are still lower on average than before the pandemic, but remain higher than national averages.
The 2024 NAEP results will add fuel to ongoing debates about pandemic-era school closures, COVID relief, screen time, the science of reading, and more.
The state approved 85 requests to reconsider ratings from schools and districts this year.
Denver students from middle- and higher-income families have more than caught up on reading and writing. Students from low-income families have not.
Some recommendations would require legislative changes.
Denver has moved away from closing low-performing schools and opening new ones. Now, like many districts, it faces a new set of school closure decisions.
The local schools were among 356 schools across the country to win the honor, according to the U.S. Department of Education. All earned recognition for high academic performance.
Denver Public Schools has narrowed the 35 recommendations in its La Raza Report down to five big goals for Latino students, staff, and families.
'We really dedicated ourselves to the quality of daily instruction,' Principal Chris DeRemer said. “It’s not that fancy.”
Colorado high school students had big decreases in SAT scores which officials believe are partly due to changes to the test.
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The public often seeks out information about school performance, but many states don't provide it in a clear and easy-to-access way, a new report says.
The declining scores are likely due at least in part to changes to the test, an official said.
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