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23% of elementary school students are two or more grade levels behind in math and english language arts.
Middle schoolers were hit even harder. 40% of middle school students were two or more grade levels behind in english and language arts and 35% were behind in math.
However, Hawaii’s students made less learning gains in math in the 2019-2020 school year.
That follows the national trend observed by the Northwest Evaluation Association.
“Gains in math were lower, on average this fall than in prior years. And so more kids as a result of that are falling behind to their relative to their prior standing,” said NWEA researcher Beth Tarasawa.