Feb 2, 2024 - Education

Oregon student test scores fail to rebound post pandemic

Meira Gebel

Illustration of a calculator with downward arrows flashing on the screen. — Illustration: Allie Carl/Axios

Elementary and middle-school students in Oregon are still struggling to recoup essential learning they lost during the pandemic, according to an analysis by the New York Times.

Researchers from Stanford and Harvard found that Oregon was the only state where test scores in reading and math continued to decline even after kids returned to classrooms.

The intrigue: Test scores varied district to district, but the report suggests students in Hillsboro and Salem-Keizer are nearly two years behind on math.

Portland students saw moderate improvement in math consistent with the U.S. test score average in 2019.
Students in Lake Oswego, however, saw larger gains than other schools in the state — a trend the analysis found consistent with richer districts across the country.

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