In the first year of typical standardized testing since 2019, local students mostly outperformed the state on Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) tests, but still lagged in some areas behind pre-pandemic scores.

Statewide, achievement was lower in 2022 than in 2019, according to the Colorado Department of Education, and in areas where gaps between groups of students decreased, it was often not because lower-achieving students were improving but because historically higher-achieving group...