proficient
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In English, 53.8% of Compton students are proficient or better, up 2.8 percentage points from last year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
And because Moore is so talented — so uniquely proficient at finding the human depth at the core of all her characters — she can make Mona unforgettable.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Never mind that only 48% of New York’s students in grades 3 through 8 are proficient in English language arts, and 57% in math.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Statewide, only 16% of black and Hispanic fourth-graders are proficient at reading.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Hours of practice had turned me into a proficient but slow fence builder.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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