W.V. STATE EDUCATION SCORES SHOW MIXED RESULTS

West Virginia is seeing some modest gains but still trails behind most states in the latest Nation’s Report Card assessment.  Fourth graders showed improvement in math, increasing from 226 to 232, though this remains below the national average of 237.  Eighth-grade math scores held steady while reading scores for both grade levels showed little significant change.  Education experts note these results, coming after the pandemic, indicate West Virginia students still have ground to make up to reach national performance levels.