New Hampshire: 2024 Assessment Results
Small ELA gains; ELA and math below pre-pandemic levels
Overview
Here at the 2024 State Assessment Data Substack, we’re releasing these posts as states release their data (and we clean it). To keep it brief, every post will have three sets of graphs: 1) math and ELA test scores for grades 3-8 over time, 2) math and ELA scores by race/ethnicity, and 3) outcomes by economic status, when possible.
Our intention is to give you the big picture: where are the state scores going, and how that differs by student group. These graphs are made with Zelma.ai, and if you want to explore up through the 2023 data yourself, you can do that here. All available 2024 assessment data will be published in December. You can read more about Zelma in our post here.
Today: New Hampshire.
State Assessment Background
New Hampshire’s student outcome data come from NH Statewide Assessment System (NH SAS). The results below reflect student proficiency levels in grades 3–8 in math and ELA between 2019-2024. Note that the “not economically disadvantaged” student subgroup was newly added in 2024, so we unfortunately do not have prior years of comparison for that data point.
Overall Trends
New Hampshire’s overall proficiency rates for students in grades 3–8 made small gains in ELA between 2023 and 2024, while math scores did not see similar progress this year (this does not necessarily reflect individual grade-level trends). Proficiency in both subject areas remains below pre-pandemic levels.
ELA: Proficiency rates rose from approximately 51% to 52% between 2023 and 2024, down from around 55% in 2019.
Math: Proficiency rates remained around 43% in both 2023 and 2024, short of pre-pandemic rates of 49% in 2019.
Overall ELA & Math Results, Grades 3–8
Trends by Race and Ethnicity
ELA Results by Race/Ethnicity, Grades 3–8
Math Results by Race/Ethnicity, Grades 3–8
Trends by Economic Status
ELA Results by Economic Status, Grades 3–8
Math Results by Economic Status, Grades 3–8
