Students in Kentucky have shown some improvement in statewide test scores, especially among elementary school pupils. But state education officials say considerable work remains to get back to pre-pandemic achievement levels. Statewide test scores have become a recurring issue in the state’s hotly contested race for governor.
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Students in Kentucky showed some improvement on their statewide test scores, especially among elementary school pupils, but considerable work remains to get back to pre-pandemic levels, state education officials said. The subject has become a top issue in this year’s hotly contested race for governor.across a range of core subjects in the wake of schools’ COVID-era shift to virtual learning to try to keep people safe.
Cameron, the state’s attorney general, has tried to blame Beshear’s pandemic-related actions, when schools were closed, for the learning loss. Beshear says he prioritized vaccinating teachers to get schools reopened and says his pandemic policies reflected recommendations from then-President Donald Trump’s coronavirus task force. Sending teachers and other school staff back to school before having access to the vaccine would have put them and their families at risk, the governor says.
The state’s GOP-dominated legislature has generally followed its own course in setting education policies. The two-year budget that lawmakers passed last year funded full-day kindergarten and poured money into teacher pensions and infrastructure. They increased the state’s main funding formula — known as SEEK — for K-12 schools, but the amount was considerably less than what Beshear proposed.
The latest test score data showed that 47% of elementary school pupils statewide scored proficient or distinguished on their reading tests — a 2 percentage point improvement from a year ago. Among middle school students, 45% achieved proficient or distinguished scores in reading, up from 44% a year ago. The number of high school students reaching those levels remained the same at 44%.
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