State Education officials are hoping Kansas student test scores can rebound after falling during the pandemic. Educators say they expected declines in student achievement as many students lost learning time when districts switched to remote or hybrid learning plans. Statewide last Spring, only 28% of students were considered on track for college or careers in math and about 35% in language arts. That’s a drop of four percentage points in math and one in English since 2019.
Education Commissioner, Randy Watson, says every school system in the Country has seen student achievement benchmarks decline and Kansas is not an exception. He adds that the last 18 months have been the hardest in Kansas and schools are a microcosm of that. School enrollment and attendance are also down statewide and more than 17% of students were chronically absent during the pandemic. Kansas districts are receiving more than $1 billion in Federal Funding aimed at helping students catch up.
