Figure 1. Between 2019 and 2022, the share of students scoring proficient on state math exams declined much more than course grades

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Source: Author's calculations using student-level course transcript and test score records from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.

Note: Figure shows the share of students who earned As and Bs in their math class and the share of students who met proficiency benchmarks on state math exams in 2018-19 (the last pre-pandemic school year) and 2021-22 (the most recent post-pandemic school year for which data is available). Test scores and grades are from grades 6, 7, 8, and Math 1.