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Student achievement in San Diego Unified fell during pandemic

Student achievement at San Diego Unified, California’s second largest school district, fell during the first two years of the Covid-19 pandemic,  The San Diego Union-Tribune reported, citing state standardized test scores the district released Monday.

The declines were consistent with national trends, the Union-Tribune noted.

About 53% of students who took state tests in spring 2022 met or exceeded standards in English, a decline of 4 percentage points, while only 41% of students met or exceeded standards in math, a drop of 7 percentage points.

San Diego school board trustee Richard Barrera told the newspaper that it was “certainly not surprising” to see the declines in test scores.

San Diego Unified Superintendent Lamont Jackson added in a news release that the district must “ask questions to better understand how we can support our students, and create learning conditions that are grounded in equity so all students can succeed.”

“San Diego Unified is committed to helping our students recover — with both academic and social-emotional support — so that all children have the ability to thrive at school,” Jackson added.


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