MCAS scores have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, as this year’s statewide scores were nearly the same as those in 2024.

The same is happening among Worcester Public School students but the numbers are worse.

Overall, 42% of statewide students 3rd through 8th grade scored as meeting or exceeding expectations in English Language Arts (ELA), 41% in math, and 42% in science, according to data released Monday by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). For 10th graders, 51% of statewide students met or exceeded expectations in ELA, 45% in math and 46% in science.

Those scores are significantly lower than those in 2019, when 52% of students in grades 3 through 8 scored as meeting or exceeding expectations in ELA, 49% in math, and 48% in science. In 2019, 61% of stud

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