D.C. students are showing big gains in reading and math, according to the latest statewide assessment results released Thursday by Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the State Superintendent of Education.

The 2025 National Assessment of Educational Progress , taken by all students in the third grade and above, shows the largest increases in proficiency since the pandemic across nearly all grades, schools and student groups.

In English language arts, proficiency rates are at an all-time high:

Third to fifth grade: 34.8%, up 2.4 points from last year

Sixth to eighth grade: 40.2%, up 3.8 points

Ninth to twelfth grade: 38.8%, up 5.2 points

In math, proficiency also climbed:

Third to fifth grade: 31.2%, up 2.8 point

Sixth to eighth grade: 26.4%, up 4 points

Ninth to twelfth grade:

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