Each spring, schools administer English language arts and math exams to third through eighth graders; fifth and eighth graders are also tested in science.
Statewide, proficiency rates for 2024 ranged from 39% to 51% in English language arts and 25% to 40% in math.
In science, 34% of fifth grade students and 35% of eighth graders tested proficient or better.
Jennifer Palmer has been a reporter with Oklahoma Watch since 2016 and covers education.
Oklahoma Watch, at oklahomawatch.org, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that covers public-policy issues facing the state.
(Editor’s Note:
Here are links to the 2024 OSTP Results:
https://sde.ok.gov/sites/default/files/OKOSTP2324MediaRedacted.xlsx
https://sde.ok.gov/sites/default/files/Copy%20of%20OKCCRA2324MediaRedacted.xlsx)
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