Fourth grade students work on their writing during the “Lava Literacy” period at Lavaland Elementary School in October.
A half-step forward is better than no step at all, according to the New Mexico Public Education Department.
On Wednesday, the department made public standardized testing results from the 2022-2023 school year. The results, which are months late in their release, show gains in reading and writing proficiency rates across the state by about 4 percentage points to 38%.
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Teacher Andrea McKillip guides a fourth grade student during the “Lava Literacy” period at Lavaland Elementary School in October.
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