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Bar chart showing Montana student proficiency levels in math, English language arts (ELA), and science for the 2024–2025 school year. Data is divided into three groups: juniors, grades 3–8, and grades 5 & 8 for science. Each subject shows percentages of students at four levels: Novice (red), Nearing Proficient (orange), Proficient (green), and Advanced (blue). Across all groups and subjects, fewer than half of students scored at the proficient or advanced levels. Notably, 40.78% of juniors were at the novice level in math, and only 8.33% of grades 3–8 students reached advanced levels in ELA.
Montana Office of Public Instruction
The first results from Montana’s new standardized test show fewer than half of elementary-school students statewide are meeting math, reading and writing standards. The first year of testing had a rocky rollout.
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