HONOLULU — Ua hōʻike ka poʻe papa ʻehā o ke kula aupuni o Hawaiʻi i ka holomua nui ma ka makemakika ma ka 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), i kapa ʻia ʻo “The Nation's Report Card.” ʻO Hawaiʻi kekahi o nā mokuʻāina he 15 wale nō i hoʻopuka i ka hoʻomaikaʻi koʻikoʻi o ka helu helu ma nā helu makemakika papa ʻehā, ua ʻoi aku ma mua o ka awelika aupuni e 2 mau helu no ka loiloi NAEP ʻelua. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā hopena loiloi i ke kakahiaka nui o ka Pōʻakolu (12:01 am Wā Hikina).
Ua hoʻomau nā haumāna Hawaiʻi i ka hana paʻa ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe ʻekolu i hoʻāʻo ʻia - heluhelu ʻehā a me ka papa ʻewalu a me ka makemakika papa ʻewalu - ʻoiai ʻaʻohe mokuʻāina i kau i nā lanakila ma kēia mau kumuhana. Ma ka ʻāina, ua emi nā helu awelika ma ka helu ʻehā a me ka papa ʻewalu a me ka makemakika papa ʻewalu. Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka awelika aupuni no ka makemakika papa ʻehā i 2 mau helu.
ʻIke nui ʻia nā hopena o kēia makahiki ʻoiai e hōʻike ana lākou i ka holomua o nā haumāna i hoʻopilikia ʻia ko lākou kula mua e ka maʻi maʻi. Ke komo nei nā haumāna papa ʻehā i ke kula kindergarten i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai ka maʻi maʻi ma 2020, e pili ana i kā lākou mau makahiki aʻo formative.
"ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o nā helu makemakika papa ʻehā o Hawaiʻi he hōʻailona hoʻoikaika o ka hoʻoikaika a me ka maikaʻi o ke aʻo ʻana," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Superintendent Keith Hayashi. “Ma muli o ka pōʻaiapili aupuni, kahi i ʻike liʻiliʻi a ʻaʻole hoʻomaikaʻi ka hapa nui o nā mokuʻāina, ʻo ka hiki i ka Hawaiʻi ke hoʻomau a ʻoi aʻe ma mua o nā pae hana ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi. Hoʻoikaika kēia mau hopena i ke koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā kumu aʻo e pili ana i nā hōʻike a me ke kākoʻo i manaʻo ʻia e hōʻoia i ka holomua mau. ʻOiai mākou e hoʻolauleʻa nei i kēia mau lanakila, hoʻomau mākou i ka nānā ʻana i ka hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻana i nā hopena haumāna ma nā pae āpau.
ʻO NAEP, mālama ʻia e ka National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), hāʻawi i kahi ana maʻamau o ka holomua haumāna ma nā mokuʻāina. Hana ʻia i kēlā me kēia ʻelua makahiki, loiloi ka loiloi i kahi laʻana o nā haumāna papa ʻehā a me ʻewalu a puni ka ʻāina. I ka pūnāwai o 2024, ma kahi o 7,200 mau haumāna kula aupuni o Hawaiʻi mai 140 mau kula i komo i ka loiloi.
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Makemakika Papa Eha
- ʻO Hawaiʻi kekahi o nā mokuʻāina he 15 i loaʻa ka lanakila nui ma ka helu ʻehā ma ka papa helu ʻehā a me nā haumāna papa ʻewalu a puni ka ʻāina. I ka pūnāwai o 2024, ma kahi o 7,200 mau haumāna kula aupuni o Hawaiʻi mai 140 mau kula i komo i ka loiloi.
- Ua ho'onui 'ia ka 'awelika 'awelika o Hawai'i ma ka 2 maka i ka 239, ma mua o ka 'awelika aupuni e 2.
- Ua piʻi aʻe ka pākēneka o nā haumāna Hawaiʻi i helu ʻia ma nā pae mākaukau a kiʻekiʻe e 5% mai ka makahiki 2022, e like me ka NCES.

Heluhelu Papa Eha
- ʻAʻole hoʻololi ʻia ka helu awelika o Hawaiʻi he 216 mai ka makahiki 2022 akā ua ʻoi aʻe ma mua o ka awelika aupuni e 2 mau helu.
- Ua ʻike ʻo NAEP i ka emi ʻana o ka awelika o ka ʻāina i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, ua ʻike ʻia ka piʻi ʻana o nā helu heluhelu papa ʻehā o Hawaiʻi.

Makemakika Papa ʻEwalu
- ʻAʻole i hoʻololi ʻia ka helu ʻawelika o Hawaiʻi he 270 mai ka makahiki 2022.
- Ma waena o nā mana aupuni 52 (50 mokuʻāina, DC, a me ka 'Oihana Hoʻonaʻauao Defence), 48 mau mokuʻāina, me Hawaiʻi, ʻaʻole i ʻike i kahi loli nui, ʻoiai ʻehā mokuʻāina i hōʻemi.

Heluhelu Papa ewalu
- Ua paʻa ka helu ʻawelika o Hawaiʻi he 257 i ka helu ʻana i ka makahiki 2022.
- Ma ka mōʻaukala, ua hana nā haumāna papa ʻewalu o Hawaiʻi ma lalo o ka awelika aupuni ma ka heluhelu. Eia nō naʻe, i ka makahiki 2024, ua kūlike kā lākou mau helu me ka awelika aupuni, e hōʻailona ana i kahi hoʻomaikaʻi koʻikoʻi no ka wā lōʻihi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo NCES.

Ua ʻike ʻia ka ulu mau ʻana o Hawaiʻi ma NAEP ma ka ʻāina. I nā makahiki he 20 i hala iho nei, ua hana ka moku'āina i kekahi o nā hoʻomaikaʻi nui loa ma ka ʻāina. Ma ka heluhelu ʻana, ua neʻe nā haumāna papa ʻehā o Hawaiʻi mai nā mokuʻāina he 10 haʻahaʻa i ka makahiki 2003 a ʻoi aku ma mua o ka awelika aupuni a loaʻa kahi kūlana ma ka 10 kiʻekiʻe.
NAEP results are one of several key indicators used by the Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) to assess student progress. The findings align with HIDOE’s latest Strive HI performance results, which showed public schools continuing to recover from pandemic-related learning disruptions. Statewide academic gains in language arts and math remained steady on the state’s Smarter Balanced Assessment, which evaluates college and career readiness.

