From 2021 to 2025, math test scores increased in every single grade that took the test (third through eighth), and all middle school grades (sixth, seventh, and eighth) saw an overall increase relative to pre-pandemic levels.

Scores on the Missouri MAP test are effectively flat from 2023 to 2024. Math scores have mostly returned to pre-pandemic levels. ELA scores have yet to recover, especially at the early grades, which remain at 2021 levels. This reflects a larger trend of declining early literacy rates.

This brief is a PRiME Center rapid analysis, released the same day as the Missouri MAP score results.

This brief examines trends in high school start times across the state of Missouri.

In this brief, we analyze the newly released state test scores alongside national test score trends over the last five years.