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Manchester CMT and CAPT Scores Released
Most public school students in Manchester fall below most the state average on both forms of the standardized tests.
In Manchester, the town still falls below the state averages in most Connecticut Mastery Tests and Connecticut Academic Performance Tests.
The scores, released Thursday, for Manchester public school students were mixed, with some grade levels seeing significant improvements, while others saw noticeable drops in individual testing areas. On average, most Manchester public school students are underperforming the state average in both proficiency and goal on the tests.
Board of Education Chairman Chris Pattacini said Friday afternoon that he had not yet reviewed the school system's results and could not comment on them.
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Manchester administrators are expected to give a detailed analysis of the town's test scores to the school board in the fall.
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In releasing the CMT and CAPT test scores for individual districts this year, the state Department of Education said that CMT scores — given to students in grades 3 through 8 — improved incrementally while CAPT performance — administered to 10th-graders and required for graduation — was mixed.
"While student performance increased in all content areas when compared to the CAPT baseline year of 2007, it decreased in some areas when compared to last year," the department said in a news release. "As compared to 2011, performance increased slightly in writing, remained relatively constant in science and reading, and decreased in mathematics."
Manchester CMT test scores
Grade 3 Math % At/Above Goal Math % At/Above Proficiency Reading % At/Above Goal Reading % At/Above Proficiency Writing % At/Above Goal Writing % At/Above Proficiency 2011 65.4 85.5 55.3 76.772.1 59.6 2012 61.8 82.5 52.8 70.1 72.8 59.6 State 2012 66.8 85.8 59.2 74.5 62.7 83.2 Grade 4
2011 62.7 85.2 56.9 71.4 62.9 84.7 2012 69.2 88.0 64.2 80.2 64.6 83.3 State 2012 68.2 85.8 64.1 78.3 65.3 83.7 Grade 5
2011 71.6 86.2
56.6 72.2 63.9 87.3 2012 66.7 83.9 65.3 80.0 56.3 82.7 State 2012 71.8 85.7 67.7 79.7
68.1 88.5 Grade 6
2011 61.1 84.2 73.7 86.6 62.3 85.7 2012 60.3 81.8 66.7 78.8 63.2 84.3
State 2012 69.5
87.2 74.2 84.8 67.5 84.9 Grade 7
2011 54.4 79.9 67.6 78.9 44.3 73.5 2012 49.7 79.7 67.9 78.5 56.1 78.4 State 2012 68.3 86.7 79.9 87.4 65.6 83.9 Grade 8
2011 48.6 77.2 62.2 52.5
52.5 73.8 2012 50.8 79.3 68.2 58.3
58.3 80.6 State 2012 67.4 87.1 76.8 86.2 68.4 86.2
Manchester CAPT Scores
The full results and comparisons of the scores:
Percent at/above goal, math Percent at/above proficiency, math Percent at/above goal, science Percent at/above proficiency, science Percent at/above goal, reading Percent at/above proficiency, reading Percent at/above goal, writing Percent at/above proficiency, writing 2011 35.9 71.9 34.3 76.0 31.8 78.9 56.8 87.4 2012 36.1 70.5 34.1 71.4 37.4 74.3 59.4
87.7 2012 state average 49.3 78.8 47.3 80.2 47.5 80.9 63.1 88.8
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