Idaho students’ English and math achievement scores were stagnant last school year. But the results met the state’s recently lowered benchmarks for the Idaho Standards Achievement Test (ISAT).

The Idaho Department of Education (IDE) Tuesday released standardized test results for 2024-25. Each spring, public school students in third through eighth grade and 11th grade take tests measuring English language arts (ELA) and math proficiency. Fifth-, eighth- and 11th-graders take the science assessment.

This year’s results showed that 53.2% of test-takers were proficient in ELA, 42.3% were proficient in math and 41.7% were proficient in science. None of the statewide scores changed by more than half a percentage point from last year .

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