Minnesota students’ standardized test scores continue to stagnate

By: Alyssa Chen

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: September 30, 2026

Words: 490

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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Fewer than half of Minnesota students who take the state’s standardized test are able to read and do math at grade-level expectations, according to data released Wednesday by the state’s education department.

Performance on the test, called the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments, declined drastically over the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, during which schools closed or held classes remotely. Proficiency rates continue to be over 10 percentage points lower than before the …

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