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70 <br /> Struggles During a Pandemic <br /> ' MBELS Grade K to <br /> 0r r <br /> 9i <br /> a <br /> F 0 r r <br /> 50% 4 r J r <br /> r <br /> i <br /> r <br /> r <br /> r i 1; r r ;{ r• <br /> 20% <br /> % + r r <br /> r <br /> _ ■ a <br /> r <br /> r <br /> (X <br /> BelowWell BelowBenchmarkBenchmarkAboveBenchmark <br /> Benchmark <br /> Grade i . •el( MOY EGradelBOY MGradeIMOY <br /> Follows last year Kindergartners to first grade this year. <br /> Across the nation, material learning loss was predicted for students as the result of COVID. Unfortunately, <br /> these predictions became reality as assessments began occurring. At no fault of our students or teachers, <br /> OCS assessment data reflected stark contrasts to just one year earlier. <br /> As kindergartners, only 28% started the year well below the benchmark in 2019. <br /> 59% of this same cohort of students started their first grade year well below the benchmark in 2020 which <br /> is a 31% increase. The number of students above benchmark decreased 18%. <br /> You will also notice that the data reflects that it took until the middle of the current school year for our stu- <br /> dents to begin catching up to where they were when they started Kindergarten. <br />