What are Inland Empire school districts doing about falling state test scores?

It's something educators and critics alike feared since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and this past week, data confirmed it: The pandemic ...

October 30, 2022
12:04 AM

It's something educators and critics alike feared since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and this past week, data confirmed it: The pandemic era set California's — and the nation's — students back. 'COVID was hard on everybody. Kids are frustrated, and there was some learning loss,' said Hemet Unified school board Vice President Stacy Bailey. 'But kids are thrilled to be back in a school, not behind the computer.' On Monday, Oct. 24, the California Department of Education released the results from the 2021-22 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP), which tests students' English language arts (ELA) and mathematics proficiency.

Beau Yarbrough