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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yikes. See recent data.

"75 percent of Maryland eighth-grade students and 69 percent of fourth-grade students are at or below basic achievement in mathematics."

Maryland eighth-grade math scores fell 11 points on a 500-point scale, (from 280 in 2019 to 269 this year). This means that 75 percent of Maryland eighth-grade students performed at or below the basic level. Fourth-grade scores slipped 10 points over the same period (from 239 to 229). This means that 69 percent of Maryland fourth-grade students performed at or below the basic level.

In reading, Maryland’s fourth-graders’ scores fell 8 points on a 500-point scale (from 220 in 2019 to 212 this year). This means that 69 percent of Maryland fourth-grade students performed at or below the basic level. Eighth-graders’ reading scores dropped 5 points during the same period (from 264 to 259). This means that 67 percent of Maryland eighth-grade students performed at or below the basic level.

https://patch.com/maryland/belair/achievement-tests-show-covid-toll-md-students-especially-math[/quote]

There's so much bad information packed into this post that I don't know where to begin. [/quote]

Exactly, it's all based on an unvetted test that had only been given once before. Sure, I can accept that test scores across the country are down because of the emotional toll of the pandemic but these stats alone aren't all that credible.[/quote]
unvetted tests?  It was the NAEP, and kids in MCPS have been taking that tests for a long time.

[quote]According to the Maryland State Department of Education, the downward trend started in 2013 and "worsened during the pandemic." The largest decline in proficiency in Maryland and nationally was experienced in mathematics; 75 percent of Maryland eighth-grade students and 69 percent of fourth-grade students are at or below basic achievement in mathematics. [/quote][/quote]

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