New state data shows the share of local freshmen completing one quarter of credits required for a diploma rose to 78% last school year after falling to 70% in 2021. But there’s still more work to be done, and absenteeism remains a challenge.
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Salem students’ English, math skills fell sharply during pandemic, state tests show
Just one-third of the 20,000 district students tested in the spring of 2022 were proficient in English, and one in five in math – a substantial drop from pre-pandemic numbers.