It is helpful that the state began reporting scores in a new manner this year, which clarifies what ... (it) actually means in terms of student learning.” ...
Roughly 58,000 elementary and middle school students took the English Language Arts test this past spring, with reading scores dropping in every grade level tested other than third grade.
Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress ... Between the 2022-23 and 2023-24 school years, DMPS third-grade students held steady in English language arts proficiency at about 43%.