D.C. Public School students’ scores on the District’s standardized tests stayed mostly level this year, rising among older students in both math and reading, but dropping slightly for the second year in a row for elementary school students.

The tests, taken by 32,000 students in DCPS and charter schools, identify students’ knowledge as “advanced,” “proficient,” “basic” or “below basic.”

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