While Utah has inched up again in national rankings for math and reading test scores, the state’s minority and low-income students continue to lag behind — and some are now performing worse.
The results, released Wednesday as part of the Nation’s Report Card for 2019, show that progress has not been shared across all demographics, particularly American Indian and Latino students. Those who could use more support in schools do not appear to be getting it. And some say they’re being forgotten entirely.
“We need more strategies that specifically address communities of color to help those kids achieve,” said Luis Garza, executive director of Comunidades Unidas, a Utah-based Latino outreach group.