New Mexico students are barely improving when it comes to English and math.
Numbers from this year's standards based tests have just been released.
New reading and math numbers from the tests show marginal growth over last year.
In Albuquerque Public Schools, only 52 percent of third graders are learning English and math at grade level.
"The SBA is one test and that doesn't show growth," Albuquerque Teachers Union president Stephanie Ly said.
Overall, New Mexico students in seventh grade improved in math. At APS, seventh grade math scores are just less than 1 percent better than the rest of the state.
Secretary of Education Designate Hanna Skandera said it's a good start but more needs to be done.
"(It's a) step in the right direction absolutely, but does this tell us that we have a lot of work ahead? Yes. We need to keep going, keep pushing," Skandera said.
The teachers union feels teachers should be held accountable, but tests like the SBA aren't an accurate measure of how a student is learning.
"The test shows where they are one point in their life. The kids come in at different levels and we want to change our conversation to our kids we need to show growth," Ly said.
Some educators say a series of tests throughout the year would be better than just one test score each year.
The Public Education Department said the standardized based tests are developed each year by New Mexico teachers. The agency said the questions are fair and rigorous for each grade level.