A ‘five-alarm fire’: State’s middle schoolers exhibit 5th grade math proficiency in tests

MATH SCORES OF California’s average eighth graders on standardized tests in 2021 were in line with the knowledge and skills of fifth graders, according to a new analysis of the state’s Smarter Balanced tests.

The results raise doubts whether traditional strategies like summer school and tutoring can succeed in making up such a huge gap in learning.