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• 1/1/0001 Elementary and Middle Schools Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)

  More than 80 percent of Connecticut’s elementary and middle schools analyzed for adequate yearly progress (AYP) under the federal No Child Left Behind law achieved this standard, based on results of the 2003 Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT).

• 1/1/0001 Connecticut's Vocational Technical School System Has New Name

  Results of the 2003 Connecticut Mastery Test in Grades 4, 6 and 8 show that the achievement gaps between students in Connecticut’s wealthiest and poorest communities are beginning to close.

• 1/1/0001 Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Lists Released

  138 of the state’s 180 public high schools have achieved the standards for adequate yearly progress (AYP) under the federal No Child Left Behind Law (NCLB).

• 8/31/2004 Connecticut's 2004 Grads Continue Strong Performance on SAT

  Verbal Score Up Three Points; Math Up One Point; Total At 30-Year High Connecticut is Tied for Second Among States in SAT Test Participation.

• 8/30/2004 More students take CAPT; performance increases in all subjects

  Results of the 2004 Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT) show two important trends. First, there are significant increases in the numbers of students taking the test, including minority, poor and special education students. Second, there are gains in student performance in all subject areas.

• 1/1/0001 2003 CMT Results Show Gaps Beginning to Close

  Results of the 2003 Connecticut Mastery Test in Grades 4, 6 and 8 show that the achievement gaps between students in Connecticut’s wealthiest and poorest communities are beginning to close.

• 12/17/2003 94 of 175 Connecticut high schools achieve ‘Adequate Yearly Progress’ under Federal ‘No Child Left Behind’

  2003 Statewide CAPT Goal-Level scores rise slightly; At-Proficiency levels dip; 1,897 more students assessed as student participation increases sharply

• 12/4/2003 99 districts cited as not making Adequate Yearly Progress under NCLB

  A total of 99 of the state’s 185 local, regional and statewide school districts and charter schools have been identified as not making adequate yearly progress (AYP) for the 2001-02 school year under the federal No Child Left Behind law (NCLB).

• 1/1/0001 (NAEP) Shows CT Students Are Among America's Highest Performers

  Consistent with past NAEP results, Connecticut’s students in the 2003 national assessment of reading and math achievement, score among the best in the nation.

• 8/26/2003 Connecticut’s 2003 Grads Continue Strong Performance on SAT

  Connecticut’s 2003 Grads Continue Strong Performance on SAT Verbal Score Up Three Points; Math Up Five Points; Total At 29-Year High Connecticut is Second Among the States in SAT Test Participation.

• 1/1/0001 Small Gains on Statewide Connecticut Mastery Test Scores in 2002

  Commissioner Sergi says: “We can do a lot better, we must do more” Most Achievement Gaps Continue to Close; More Students Are Taking the Test

• 1/1/0001 Results from the 2002 Administration of the Connecticut Mastery Test

  This report presents the statewide results from the 2002 administration of the third generation of the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT-3)

• 1/1/0001 Schools take steps to include all students

  Statewide CMT-3 scores continue to trend upward, increase slightly over last year State Education Commissioner asks schools to use new data to “attack your gaps”.