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Math Scores Improve
7/1/2010 11:36 AM

Minnesota students in grades three through eight and grade eleven improved their scores in math this spring as over 426,000 students took the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA) in math and reading. While reading scores stayed relatively constant for most grades, the eleventh grade results continued their upward trend for the second year in a row.

“The hard work of students, parents and teachers in our statewide focus on math is really starting to pay off with these steadily improving test results in elementary and middle school,” Minnesota Education Commissioner Alice Seagren said. “Today’s results also show what happens when we raise expectations for our high school students and hold them accountable for their efforts in reading by requiring a certain level of proficiency for graduation.”

Complete test results and media release on the Minnesota Department of Education Web.




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