Editorial: Keep going on Hawaii students’ progress

There’s no doubt that cheers erupted in public schools statewide — and at Hawaii’s Department of Education (HIDOE) — when the “nation’s report card” for 2024 was released last week, showing Hawaii’s fourth-graders making substantial progress in both math and reading benchmark scores. Indeed, Hawaii was 1 of just 15 states to achieve a statistically significant increase in fourth-grade math scores, marking a 2 point increase over the isles’ 2022 scores and surpassing the national average by 2 points. Also, more students reached proficiency or advanced levels: a rise of 5 percentage points compared to two years ago.

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