Massachusetts school students are still struggling to reverse pandemic learning loss , the latest MCAS test results show.

State education officials say that students "are still behind where they were in 2019," before the COVID pandemic led to remote learning and other disruptions for young people.

"We have no student group statewide that is at pre-pandemic levels of achievement," said Pedro Martinez, the new commissioner of elementary and secondary education in Massachusetts. "These results are sobering, but they're not insurmountable."

Gov. Maura Healey's administration said it is focused on early literacy and addressing chronic absenteeism as it seeks to improve student performance.

MCAS test results

High schoolers fared worse on the MCAS than grades 3-8, the results showed.

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