At an event in Arlington, Massachusetts, this week state education officials announced the most recent scores of the MCAS , the state's standardized assessment exam.

A 2024 ballot initiative un-coupled MCAS results from graduation requirements, but the test continues to be used by the state as a measure of learning, required by the federal government.

Only 13 districts saw students meet pre-pandemic learning levels in both Math and English Language Arts. Among them five western Massachusetts districts and one Springfield charter school.

NEPM's Jill Kaufman asked Massachusetts Education Commissioner Patrick Tutwiler about the learning lag across the state, and if there were any commonalities among schools that met the state's benchmark of 2019 learning levels.

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