New results show New Mexico student tests scores are up across the state, but only less than a third of students are proficient.
The numbers released Thursday show around 20 percent of students tested this spring are proficient or better in math and about 28 percent are proficient or better in reading. Both results are slight improvements from the 2014-2015 when officials first gave assessments developed by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC.
The tests are designed to show how well schools helped students meet Common Core standards.
New Mexico and 10 other states administer the PARCC.
New Mexico Public Education Secretary Hanna Skandera says the state still "has a long way to go" but praised schools for improvements in almost every category.
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