School test scores decline across Washington
SEATTLE — Washington state had one of the highest testing participation rates in the country this school year, topping 90 percent.
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SEATTLE — Washington state had one of the highest testing participation rates in the country this school year, topping 90 percent.
Recently released data has confirmed what we already suspected: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative effect on education.
Washington students took their first state exams since the pandemic began last fall and their scored dropped.
Last fall, hundreds of thousands of Washington state students took their first state exams since the pandemic began. Their scores took a hit.
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington students took their first state exams since the pandemic began last fall and their scored dropped. The Seattle Times reports that between 2019 and 2021, the overall percentage of students who met state standards on the math portion of the exam fell by 20 percentage points.