Arizona will fund the AZ OnTrack Summer Camp for a second year.
Governor Doug Ducey announced this at the Chris-Town YMCA on Tuesday this week.
It was one of several AZ OnTrack camp hosts this past summer.
The announcement happened one day after the National Assessment of Education Progress released its test scores. It found a six-point drop in fourth-grade math scores, a nine-point drop in eighth-grade math scores, and a one-point drop in eighth-grade reading scores for Arizona students since 2019—the last time the state administered these tests.
“In light of this barometer of our kids’ success, there’s no time to waste to catch our kids up. We must continue to pour on the gas in our efforts,” Ducey said in a press release. “We know our kids lost ground during the pandemic—it was not good for them. In Arizona, we kept schools open, made critical investments in literacy programs, and launched a summer camp to prevent further learning loss. Another round of AZ OnTrack Summer Camp is exactly what our kids need.”…