{"id":77216,"date":"2025-12-01T21:16:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/77216\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T21:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T21:16:06","slug":"californias-high-schoolers-are-bouncing-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/77216\/","title":{"rendered":"California\u2019s High Schoolers Are Bouncing Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your editorial \u201cA Math Horror Show at UCSD<\/a>\u201d (Nov. 25) notes the worrying decline in math readiness among students at one of California\u2019s top universities. Yet rather than attribute the recent five-year drop only to the pandemic, you point to the state\u2019s decision in 2013 to stop requiring algebra for all eighth-graders. That betrays the evidence.<\/p>\n

Data show that California\u2019s math achievement rose on both state and national tests every year between 2013 and 2019. National tests also affirm that the pandemic had a strong negative effect on performance across the country. Although California lost less ground than many states, our schools and families were still disrupted, requiring the state to focus on learning-recovery efforts. Our data show that this work is paying off: Math scores for California\u2019s students are again on the rise, with gains in 2024 and 2025, including returns to pre-pandemic levels in many of our major cities. <\/p>\n

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