Statewide education assessments found students' scores are still about 10 percentage points below pre-pandemic levels.
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) released its 2023 North Star Accountability report on Thursday, revealing the results of the 2023 statewide assessment and accountability results. MDE says the assessment results are mixed with a 1% increase in overall math scores, a 1% decrease in reading scores, and a 2% decrease in science scores since the 2022 assessments.
Meanwhile, scores in each assessment area are about 10 percentage points below their pre-pandemic levels from 2019, MDE said.
Minnesota's students take statewide reading assessments in grades 3-8 and 10th grade. Of those who took the reading tests, 49.9% met or exceeded grade-level standards, which is 1.2 percentage points lower than 2022. In math, 45.5% of students in grades 3-8 and 11th grade who took the assessment met or exceeded grade-level standards, which is 0.7 percentage points up from 2022. The science assessments are done in grades five and eight and once in high school — 39.3% of students met or exceeded grade-level standards, which is a drop of 2.1 percentage points from 2022.
Based on the last paragraph, I think the "scoring" they’re referring to is meeting the grade-level standard, not that the average student is performing 10% worse (though both are possible).
The Department of Education on Thursday also released attendance data for the 2021-22 school year — the first attendance data release since 2019 — finding consistent attendance fell to 69.8% of students who attended at least 90% of the time. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state's consistent attendance rate was about 85%.
Ouch. Another round of this, and they might lose headway on their propaganda agenda.
Just yesterday:
https://archive.ph/uFofB
Based on the last paragraph, I think the "scoring" they’re referring to is meeting the grade-level standard, not that the average student is performing 10% worse (though both are possible).
Ouch. Another round of this, and they might lose headway on their propaganda agenda.