(Des Moines, IA) — The results from Statewide Assessment tests taken last spring show third through eighth graders returned to pre-pandemic levels in reading proficiency, but the reading scores for 11th graders dropped four percent. Math scores improved among students in third through seventh grades, but declined in higher grades — with 11th grade test results in math dropping five percent. Information released from the Department of Education shows students in fifth, eighth, and tenth grades had higher test results for science than they’d been in the spring of 2019. Ed Department Ann Lebo said in a statement that the results show public schools in Iowa are moving in the right direction in many areas, but there is still work to be done.
