DC student proficiency in math and English plunges, especially for minorities
Washington, D.C., public school students' test scores plummeted following coronavirus -related school closures and the racial achievement gap widened, according to education scores released with the start of the new academic year.
The district's proficiency rate in math for students in grades three to 12 dropped from an already dismal 31% in 2019 all the way to 19% in 2022. The results in English language arts were not much better, dropping from 37% to 31% between 2019 and 2022 in Washington .
The district's proficiency rate in math for students in grades three to 12 dropped from an already dismal 31% in 2019 all the way to 19% in 2022. The results in English language arts were not much better, dropping from 37% to 31% between 2019 and 2022 in Washington .
STUDENTS SUFFER LARGEST LEARNING LOSS IN 30 YEARS AFTER PANDEMIC SCHOOL CLOSURES
The most pronounced decline in math was among minority students, with black students declining from 21% to 9% proficiency and Hispanic students dropping from 31% to 17%. In contrast, white students declined from 79% to 70% proficiency.
Black students had the largest decline in language arts, falling from 28% proficiency to 20%, while Hispanic students declined from 37% to 31%, Asian students from 74% to 72%, and white students from 85% to 79% proficiency.
Washington public schools were among the school districts that remained closed the longest during the COVID-19 pandemic. Full-time in-person instruction for all students did not resume until the 2021-22 school year after schools closed in March 2020.
The results mirror national academic statistics released last week , which saw math scores for 9-year-olds decline for the first time since tracking began and the largest drop in reading scores in 30 years.
In a statement to the Washington Examiner, Nicki Neily, the president of the parent activist organization Parents Defending Education, said it was "heartbreaking that the same people who've weaponized the term 'equity' have disproportionately hurt those students most in need."
"Keeping schools closed hurt children, period — and the people who fought tooth and nail to keep them closed should be held accountable for those decisions," Neily said.
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