September 20, 2023
This year’s MCAS scores are in, and the news is bleak.
Three years after Massachusetts shuttered its schools to contain the coronavirus pandemic, state testing data show children have not recovered academically.
Far from it: Most scores on last spring’s math, English, and science tests remained well below pre-pandemic levels, and in some cases did not budge at all.
At the rate of improvement seen from 2022 to 2023 — about 1 percentage point across all grade levels and subjects, on average — it would take eight more years for students to recover to their pre-pandemic achievement levels. The Massachusetts results echo national data released over the summer showing student progress stalled.
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