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Credit: Alison Yin/EdSourceAs expected, both state and nationwide standardized tests scores showed pandemic-related declines this year, with fewer than half of California’s students meeting state standards in English and only a third meeting state standards in math, both significant declines from 2018-19 when the state last required the Smarter Balanced test.
EdSource’s reporting on these key measures provided comprehensive analysis of the data, and also played a key role in pushing California to release the data after the state had previously announced plans to delay its public release.
September 22, 2022
Delaying the public release of Smarter Balanced tests taken last spring undermines the urgency of addressing setbacks in learning during the pandemic.
October 7, 2022
My children, who were in 4th and 9th grade when the world shut down in March 2020, lost some ground over the last two years in key academic areas. How could they not?
October 23, 2022
Scores for the nation and California took a historic drop in fourth and eighth grade math on the National Assessment for Educational Progress or NAEP. There was some good news, too, for California, despite the pandemic.
October 24, 2022
Smarter Balanced scores fell sharply in both math and English language arts, indicating it could take years for students to fully recover from the pandemic.
October 26, 2022
A look at individual districts reveals a nuanced picture of Smarter Balanced test results.
November 28, 2022
Was a quick computer distribution during Covid, a literacy initiative or a combination of factors, plus random error, behind a surprising 8th grade score in Los Angeles Unified?
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