On March 4, 2025, a D.C. Policy Center report was cited in The Washington Times:
In an annual report published Tuesday, the nonpartisan D.C. Policy Center found that 34% of DCPS students in 2023-24 met or exceeded English language arts expectations, up less than 1% from the previous year but 3% lower than prepandemic levels.
The center’s analysis of public data found an additional 23% of DCPS students met or exceeded math expectations, a 1% improvement from 2022-23 but 8% lower than before the pandemic.
“School year 2023-24 showed strong signals of system health but modest progress in outcomes at a time when there is an urgent demand for large improvements to get D.C.’s students back on track to prepandemic levels and beyond to prepare them for their futures,” wrote Chelsea Coffin and Hannah Mason, the report’s co-authors.
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Additional reading: State of D.C. Schools, 2023-24: Strong system health and modest progress