RALEIGH, N.C. — Preliminary data from the North Carolina Department of Public Education shows students scored lower on state tests for math and science this fall compared to fall 2019.
About 24,000 tests, out of about 175,000 expected tests total, have yet to be completed. Students have until July 5 to take the end-of-course tests, so the department doesn’t consider the results so far to be comparable to last fall. But with 86.3% of tests administered so far, scores have been lower for Biology, Math 1 and Math 3.
The test results were revealed in the State Board of Education’s agenda for this Wednesday as part of a presentation on testing and accountability updates.
The state will plans to apply for a waiver from the U.S. Department of Education that would exempt the state from having to form new support plans based on this year’s testing data. With the waiver, the state would have to report certain data, including chronic absenteeism among students and student access to technology.
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