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During the 2022-23 school year, 459 students from 6th grade took the reading portion of the MCA in Goodhue County, according to the Minnesota Department of Education.

They scored an average of 650, with 56% of them considered proficient in the subject.

Data shows that Goodhue County students from 5th grade had the best reading performance on the test, marking a score of 550 and a proficiency rate of 56.2%.

At the other end of the educational spectrum, 8th grade students scored in the lowest proficiency of the reading portion of the MCA, when 40.7% of them were considered proficient in the subject with an average score of 844.

The number of Goodhue County students taking the reading portion of the MCA in the 2022-23 school year rose 3.5% from the previous school year.

The MCA is given annually to Minnesota students to determine the academic readiness of students. Not every grade is tested each year, and the scoring scale varies by grade level. These differing score brackets reflect the varying complexity and expectations at different educational stages.

Analysis from the the Nation's Report Card showed math and reading scores have fallen significantly in the last decade. Science scores have been steady in recent years.

Grade	Number of Students Tested	Considered proficient in Reading (%)
3	355	43.3%
4	340	45.9%
5	505	56.2%
6	459	56%
7	567	41.2%
8	552	40.7%
10	540	53.4%