Some elementary-aged Albuquerque Public Schools students identified as underserved by a landmark court ruling have exceeded literacy goals set for them the previous school year, but showed a backslide from the 2023-24 school year.

Data presented to the Board of Education on Wednesday — just around 12 hours before students returned to classrooms — showed that first and second grade students surpassed their literacy proficiency goals for the second year in a row, with rates at roughly 23% and 26%, respectively. The interim goals set for the previous school year were 21.3% for second graders and 20% for first graders.

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