Standardized testing scores show students across New Mexico scored higher in language and math over previous years, according to results released by the Public Education Department on Thursday.

Statewide results from the test called the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career, or PARCC, show 31 percent of students scored proficient in language and 22 percent scored proficient in math. These are the biggest percentage gains in the four years the PARCC exams have been administered.