Statewide student test scores to be released Wednesday morning
A TRAUMA CENTER. NO WORD ON
WHAT LED TO THIS CRASH.
>> TODAY WE EXPECT TO GET NEW
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WELL YOUR
CHILD'S SCHOOL IS PERFORMING.
LET'S BRING IN WRAL REPORTER
KELSEY COFFEE FOR THIS. SHE'S
LIVE OUTSIDE THE STATE
EDUCATION BUILDING. KELSEY, THE
DATA BEING RELEASED TODAY IS
ABOUT STANDARDIZED TEST FORCE.
>> CHRIS SCHOOL DISTRICTS
STATEWIDE BEEN WORKING TO
REBOUND THEIR TEST SCORES SINCE
COVID TO THIS MORNING. LEADERS
WILL BE HERE INSIDE THE STATE
EDUCATION BUILDING TO GET AN
UPDATE ON HOW STUDENTS ARE
DOING AND WHAT A DRIVER ONE'S
ATTENTION TO THIS. SO YOU'RE
LOOKING AT TEST SCORES IN WAKE
COUNTY READING PROFICIENCY FOR
3RD THROUGH 8TH GRADERS WENT UP
NEARLY 2% IN 2022, BUT IT'S
STILL ABOUT A 7% DECREASE.
FROM WHAT WE SAW BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC. WRAL, EDUCATION
INSIDER, EMILY WALKING HORSE
AS WAKE STUDENTS. MATH SCORES
ARE BACK UP TO PRE-PANDEMIC
LEVELS. NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL
DISTRICTS HAVE IMPLEMENTED
STRATEGIES TO HELP IMPROVE
SCORES LIKE INTENSIVE TUTORING
FOR READING AND INTERVENTION.
TEACHERS FOR MATH.
>> THEY'RE REALLY DOING A LOT
OF FOCUS ON READING, ESPECIALLY
FOR THE YOUNGEST GRADE LEVELS
STATEWIDE. THEY HAVE CHANGED
THE READING INSTRUCTION TO
INCLUDE MORE PHONICS THAN IT
DID BEFORE THEY'VE DONE SOME
OTHER THINGS TO HAVE IT BE
TAUGHT IN A WAY THAT IS MORE
BACKED BY SCIENCE AND THE
LATEST RESEARCH.
>> ONCE THOSE NUMBERS ARE
RELEASED THIS MORNING AROUND
10 O'CLOCK, WE'LL BE SURE TO
PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE, WRAL DOT
COM. SO YOU CAN LOOK UP RESULTS
FROM YOUR STUDENT'S SCHOOL.
KELSEY COFFEE, WRAL, NEWS LIVE