Proficiency rates on Pennsylvania's statewide assessments in 2022 remain below pre-pandemic levels, especially in math, but there is evidence that student learning has begun to recover. Proficiency rates for grades 5-8 in 2022 improved in both English language arts (ELA) and math relative to rates predicted for 2021 from a Mathematica research brief that accounted for unusual test conditions that year. The results are encouraging, but more work is needed to help students recover from the pandemic. [For a related report "How the COVID-19 Pandemic Affected Academic Proficiency Rates in Pennsylvania in 2021: Findings from a Predictive Model. Education Research Brief," see ED628488.]