There is good and bad news in this year’s newly released standardized test scores for New Jersey public school students.

The good news is the average test scores on the science portion of the tests rose above pre-pandemic levels for the first time this year.

The bad news is the average New Jersey student continued to test below pre-pandemic proficiency levels in math and English language arts in the fourth year of testing since COVID school closures disrupted learning, according to new results released last week by the state Department of Education.

But the 2024-25 scores on the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments — known as the NJSLA — vary widely by school. (Look up your school’s average scores in the chart below.)

In math, 41.7% of all students tested at or above expectatio

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