The latest statewide results for the Idaho Standards Achievement Test show students’ scores in English language arts are back at pre-pandemic levels, while results in mathematics are much better than last year’s and come close to 2019 scores.
The Idaho Standards Achievement Test is administered each spring (except in 2020) to all public school students in grades 3 through 8 and 10, gauging their proficiency in English language arts/literacy and math. Scores are sorted into four categories: below basic, basic, proficient and advanced.
More than 169,000 students took the ISAT this past spring, up from about 163,000 in 2021.
Overall, 54.8 percent of students scored as proficient or better in English language literacy: 31.4 percent were assessed as proficient, and 23.4 percent scored in the highest category, advanced.
In math, 41.9 percent of students scored as proficient or better: 19.5 percent were advanced and 22.4 percent proficient, up from 17.7 percent and 21.9 percent in 2021.
Proficiency rates varied by student grade level, demographic group and subject area, and the superintendent’s Department of Assessment and Accountability is analyzing the results to help explain the patterns.
