UPDATES ON EDUCATION RESEARCH AND POLICY
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We want to help lawmakers, educators, and families make decisions about education by providing updates on national, regional and Missouri-specific research. While we strive to be objective, we want to facilitate discussion and will occasionally offer our own views on this blog.
Academic Proficiency and Graduation Rate Trends Across Four Types of Public Schools in St. Louis City
Here we report on the percent of students who are scoring at the proficient or advanced levels in ELA and math, for schools serving elementary and middle-grade students.
Today Marks the Last Week of 2026 MAP testing in Districts Across the State
Average scale scores in Mathematics took a more significant hit than ELA scores over the course of the pandemic (2020–2021), although in 2021, both subjects hit a low across all grades.