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Latest standardized test scores show deep impact of COVID-19 on student learning
DATE: September 8, 2022
Recently released scores show mid-Michigan students suffered significant learning loss because of the COVID-19 pandemic as performance on state standardized tests dropped at Greater Lansing schools.
Fewer than half of third graders — about 45% — at 20 mid-Michigan school districts in 2020-21 scored proficient or better on the English and language arts section of the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress last spring. That’s down from when the test was last required in 2019 when English and language arts proficiency hovered at about 50% for mid-Michigan third graders.
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