Students' test scores down during COVID-19

THE IMPACT VIRTUALLEARNING HAD ONSTUDENTS ARE INFOR FAYETTECOUNTY.WE KNEW THEREWOULD BE ADIFFERENCE, BUTNOW WE'RE GETTINGNUMBERS TO BACKTHAT UP.TEST SCORES FORKINDERGARTENTHROUGH EIGHTGRADE FOR FAYETTECOUNTY PUBLICSCHOOLS WERENOTICABLY DOWN.CHRISTIANA FORDLOOKED INTO THENUMBERSAND HAS MORE INTHE L-E-X 18 BIGSTORY AT FIVE."STUDENTS TAKETHE MAP ORMEASURES FORACADEMICPROGRESS EVERYYEAR IN THESPRING.

THE ONLYDIFFERENCE THISYEAR-- THEY'DBEEN LEARNING INA WHOLE NEW WAYFOR A YEAR.LOOKING AT THERESULTS, THATSEEMED TO HAVE ABIG IMPACT.WE HEARD IT FROMTEACHERS,PARENTS, ANDSTUDENTS...VIRTUAL LEARNINGWAS NOT EASY.SO WE KNEW ITWOULD HAVE SOMEIMPACT.NOW--- WE HAVE THEDATA .TEST SCORES AREDOWN COMPAREDTO PRE-COVID.37:48: THESEPERCENTILES DONOT JUST SHOW,UM DO NOTINITIALLY SHOWTHE GROWTH WENORMALLY SEE IN ATYPICAL YEARFAYETTE INTERIMASSOCIATEDIRECTOR OFASSESSMENTLITERACY BROOKESTINSONPRESENTED THETESTING SCORES TOTHE FAYETTECOUNTY SCHOOLBOARD ON MONDAY.GRADES K-8 EACHSAW A DROP INSCORES ON THETEST THATMEASURES STUDENTPROGRESS.SCORES WERELOWER DURINGCOVID THAN BEFORECOVID IN READINGAND MATH.THE PERCENTILESSHE WAS REFERINGTO WAS THE NEARLYFIFTY PERCENTDROP SEEN IN FIRSTGRADE TESTINGSCORES.FOR COMPARISON INREADING IN 2017,FIRST GRADERSSCORED IN THE 94THPERCENTILE, 94TH IN2018, 99TH IN 2019AND THEN IN 2021...THE 54THPERCENTILE.EVEN THOUGH ALLGRADES SHOWED ADROP, THERE WAS ALARGER DECREASEIN GRADES FIRSTTHROUGH FIFFTH.MIDDLE SCHOOLWASN'T AS SEVERE.BUT BOARDMEMBERS WEREN'TWORRIED-- YET.44:59 I THINKSEVERAL OF USBOARD MEMBERSHAVE TALKED TOTEACHERS AND HAVETALKED TO STAFFAND YOU KNOW ITHINK THAT OVERALLUM OUR STAFF ISPLEASANTLYSURPRISED WITHTHE GROWTH OFOUR STUDENTS UMAND THAT IT'S NOTWHAT THEY YOUKNOW THAT IT'SSTUDENTS AREDOING BETTER THANMAYBE SOME OF USADULTS ANTICIPATEDTHEY'D BE DOING