BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - This year’s S.C. READY scores across Beaufort, Jasper, and Hampton counties have shown improvement from previous years in reading and math, but there is still work to be done.

Especially, if these school districts hope to meet the state goal of having 75% of their students testing at grade-level by 2030.

Across the state, hundreds of thousands of students took the South Carolina College-and Career-Ready Assessments or S.C. READY assessments.

“Today, students not only receive content, but they must also demonstrate application of knowledge,” Chief Instructional Officer for the Beaufort County School District, Dr. Mary Stratos, said. “Students have to apply those theories in practice.”

It tests kids in third through eighth grades in language arts and mathem

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