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L.A. students’ grades are rising, but test scores are falling. Why the disconnect?


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Dec. 22, 2022

L.A. students' grades are rising, but test scores are falling. Why the disconnect?

After falling in the early semesters of the pandemic, grades in the Los Angeles Unified School District not only rebounded, but went up, according to an L.A. Times analysis. At the same time, however, proficiency rates on the state's standardized tests fell to their lowest levels in five years.

While grades and standardized tests are distinct ways of measuring how students are doing, the growing disconnect raises questions about whether families are fully informed about the extent of their children's academic setbacks and whether they are being well positioned to push for additional help.
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