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Using data from 7.9 million student assessments administered during the 2021–2022 school year, the all-new report shows you:

  • Fall-to-Spring reading and math performance, from kindergarten through grade 12
  • Growth at each grade level last school year
  • Results by student group
  • Steps for accelerating learning during 2022–2023

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State-level trends in performance and growth

Our sample consisted of students at schools where Star computer-adaptive assessments were used during both the 2020–2021 and 2021–2022 school years. The sample included students from all 50 states plus DC, with 4.6 million K–12 students comprising the early literacy/reading sample and 3.3 million grade 1–12 students comprising the math sample.

Below, we provide state-level summaries for performance (MTSS Risk Categories) and growth (Student Growth Percentile). Summaries are based on the students who took Star Assessments and are not necessarily representative of the state population.

Subjects

State

  • Alabama
    AL
  • Alaska
    AK
  • Arizona
    AZ
  • Arkansas
    AR
  • California
    CA
  • Colorado
    CO
  • Connecticut
    CT
  • Delaware
    DE
  • District of Columbia
    DC
  • Florida
    FL
  • Georgia
    GA
  • Hawaii
    HI
  • Idaho
    ID
  • Illinois
    IL
  • Indiana
    IN
  • Iowa
    IA
  • Kansas
    KS
  • Kentucky
    KY
  • Louisiana
    LA
  • Maine
    ME
  • Maryland
    MD
  • Massachusetts
    MA
  • Michigan
    MI
  • Minnesota
    MN
  • Mississippi
    MS
  • Missouri
    MO
  • Montana
    MT
  • Nebraska
    NE
  • Nevada
    NV
  • New Hampshire
    NH
  • New Jersey
    NJ
  • New Mexico
    NM
  • New York
    NY
  • North Carolina
    NC
  • North Dakota
    ND
  • Ohio
    OH
  • Oklahoma
    OK
  • Oregon
    OR
  • Pennsylvania
    PA
  • Rhode Island
    RI
  • South Carolina
    SC
  • South Dakota
    SD
  • Tennessee
    TN
  • Texas
    TX
  • Utah
    UT
  • Vermont
    VT
  • Virginia
    VA
  • Washington
    WA
  • West Virginia
    WV
  • Wisconsin
    WI
  • Wyoming
    WY
Wisconsin

Data for this time period is unavailable for Wisconsin.

MTSS Risk Categories for

Spring comparison of the distribution of students by Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) risk categories for , 2021–2022 school year compared to 2020–2021 school year

MTSS Risk Categories
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From Spring to Spring, the percentage of students at or above benchmark ---.

Spring 2021-2022
Spring 2020-2021

Sample size: --- students

Nationwide
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From Spring to Spring, the percentage of students at or above benchmark ---.

Spring 2020-2021
Spring 2021-2022

Sample size: --- students

Urgent intervention
Intervention
On watch
At/above benchmark
Student Growth Percentile for

Median Fall to Spring Student Growth Percentile (SGP) levels for , 2021–2022 school year compared to 2020–2021 school year

Wisconsin

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Nationwide

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Notes

1.

This presentation summarizes selected analyses by state and subject using Star assessment data from the 2021–2022 school year. Refer to the national How Kids Are Performing: A Snapshot of K–12 Academic Performance and Growth for details on samples, methods, and limitations. The sample used for this How Kids Are Performing snapshot differs from our previous How Kids Are Performing reports, so we caution against directly comparing findings from this report with prior editions and presentations.

2.

For more information about the Star Assessments, start here.

3.

Not all states have been included in this presentation due to small sample sizes. We excluded states if there were fewer than 10 schools and/or fewer than 2,500 students per subject. Please also note that the state-level results presented here may not be representative of any state’s student population.

4.

Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.

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