NC school test scores still below pre-pandemic levels

North Carolina students scored better on their standardized tests this spring than last year, indicating some rebound toward pre-pandemic academic achievement is happening.
Posted 9/6/2023, 5:01:03 PM Updated 9/6/2023, 10:32:10 PM

HOPE TO HAVE IT IN PLACE BY THE

END OF

THE MONTH.

>> DISRUPTIONS CAUSED BY THE

PANDEMIC CONTINUED TO IMPACT

STUDENTS. HOWEVER, TEST SCORES

RELEASED TODAY SHOW LEARNING IN

NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS IS

GETTING BACK ON TRACK. WRAL.

SHELLEY JACKSON JOINS US NOW

LIVE FROM RAND ROAD ELEMENTARY

IN GARNER. SHELLEY, HOW DID RAN

THEIR DISTINGUISH ITSELF?

>> WELL, TEST SCORES ARE

SHOWING IMPROVEMENT AND THAT'S

A POSITIVE THING. BUT THERE'S

STILL WORK TO BE DONE TO GET

THEM BACK UP TO PRE-PANDEMIC

LEVELS. BUT HERE AT RAND ROAD

ELEMENTARY, ITS EXCEPTIONAL

BECAUSE IT'S AN OUTLIER IN TEST

SCORES.

>> 68% OF STUDENTS AT RAND ROAD

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PERFORMED AT

GRADE LEVEL AT THE END OF LAST

THE COMPUTER. THAT'S UP FROM

46% THE YEAR BEFORE. AND 57%

BEFORE THE PANDEMIC CLOSE

CLASSROOMS ARE SCORES WERE

ACTUALLY HIGHER.

>> THAN PRE-PANDEMIC LEVEL.

WE WE MADE SIGNIFICANT GAINS

LAST YEAR AND THAT WAS REALLY

GREAT THAT RAND ROAD IS AN

OUTLIER. WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS

REBOUNDED TO PRE-PANDEMIC

LEVELS A MASK.

>> THE READING AND SCIENCE FELL

SHORT OF LAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS

OUTPERFORM MOST SCHOOLS IN THE

STATE IN LEARNING RECOVERY.

BUT A SMALL REBOUND IN NORTH

CAROLINA. PUBLIC TEST SCORES IS

ASSIGNED A STATEWIDE PROGRESS.

EDUCATION EXPERTS TOLD WRAL

THAT SCHOOLS ARE IMPLEMENTING

PROVEN METHODS TO CATCH KIDS

BACK UP TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

BUT THEY STILL NEED TO DO MORE.

WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS, INTERIM

SUPERINTENDENT RANDY BRIDGES

SAYS THE STRUCTURE IS IN PLACE

FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS. WE THINK

THAT THE THINGS WE HAVE IN

PLACE, YOU KNOW, OUTSTANDING.

TEACHERS AND DELIVER

ADMINISTRATORS, A GREAT SUPPORT

SYSTEM, A CENTRAL OFFICE, THE

BOARD SETTING A VISION AND

MISSION FOR THE SCHOOL

DISTRICT.

>> SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE

TRENDING IN THE RIGHT

DIRECTION. GRAND ROAD

ELEMENTARY ATTRIBUTES, THEIR

SUCCESS TO INCREASING PARENTAL

INVOLVEMENT AND ADDRESSING THE

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF

STUDENTS AS THEY RETURN FROM

THE PANDEMIC. AND I REALLY

THINK THAT THAT HELPS.

>> WHEN KIDS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE

SUPPORT IT, THAT YOU LIKE THEM,

THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY INVESTED

IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THERE

WERE CAR FOR YOU.

>> NOW FOR A FULL BREAKDOWN OF

THOSE SCORES OR TO SEE HOW

STUDENTS AT YOUR SCHOOL

PERFORMED TO GO TO THE

EDUCATION CENTER ON WRAL DOT

COM. DEBORAH, NOT WHERE THEY

WANTED, BUT AT LEAST SEEING

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