Mirroring a statewide trend, local students’ math and literacy scores are continuing to rebound after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered schools five years ago.
Most scores in the Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley school districts are now higher than before the pandemic, while both districts also outscored the state’s standardized tests at all grade levels, according to scores released Thursday by the Colorado Department of Education.
Students in the spring took the Colorado Measures of Academic Success tests in math and language arts in grades three through eight, as well as science in grades five, eight and 11. High schoolers took PSAT and SAT tests for math and language arts. This year’s scores are available at cde.state.co.us/assessment/cmas-dataandresults.
Statewide, nearly every grade saw literacy and math test scores at or above pre-pandemic levels. As with last year’s scores, fourth- and eighth-graders’ literacy scores continue to lag behind those recorded by students in 2019. Eighth-graders’ math results also haven’t recovered since the pandemic.