Lisa Parady, with the Alaska Council of School Administrators, said the numbers tell a story educators already know: Students were impacted by the disruption to their learning caused by the pandemic and it will take a while to work through those effects.
dropped 4 points – 270 from 274. Scores, again, were lower than the national average.
“The direct crisis of the pandemic has been worsened at every level by inadequate access to internet and crisis level educator turnover. Despite these challenges, teachers have provided immense social and emotional support to students, families and communities throughout the pandemic and continue to provide that empathy and care today. To look at test scores now would be shortsighted when the focus of Alaska’s schools must be squarely on growth and recovery,” Parady said.
In 2022, 4th and 8th grade male students in Alaska had average reading scores that were lower than that for female students by 13 points and 16 points, respectively, according to the results. Scores between male and female students were not significantly different in math.
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