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Norwalk 10th Grade CAPT Scores Often Show Slip From Previous Years
Compared to school systems around the region, Norwalk was behind the pack.
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Norwalk tenth-graders Connecticut Academic Performance Test often showed Proficiency and Goal percentage losses, but would occasionally see gains in the Average Scale Score, according to numbers published Thursday at CTReports.com.
Across the board, Norwalk's scores were behind the Connecticut average and did not follow a statewide trend of improvement overall but slight setbacks from the immediately preceding year.
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In Science, less that 35-percent of students were meeting the citywide standards set, and less than three-quarters were at proficiency. Science suffered losses from both the previous year and from 2007.
GroupYearScience Total Science Number TestedAverage Scale Score% At/Above Goal% At/Above Proficiency State 2007 42036 256.9 44.5 81.4 2011 41037 260.6 47.2 81.7 2012 40928 260.3 47.3 80.2 Norwalk 2007 786 247.1 35.0 76.6 2011 756 245.4 32.9 72.4 2012 780 244.3 32.4 71.9In the subject of Mathematics, students improved the scale score from the 2007 number, but lost proficiency and goal percentages from the previous years
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Reading took a heavy hit, falling behind the starting proficiency mark set in 2007, but making slight gains from the 2007 Goal. Points were still lost from the previous year.
GroupYearReading Across the Disciplines Total Reading Number TestedAverage Scale Score% At/Above Goal% At/Above Proficiency State 2007 42064 242.9 45.5 79.7 2011 40035 244.8 44.8 81.9 2012 39985 245.8 47.5 80.9 Norwalk 2007 791 234.6 36.3 76.6 2011 760 239.1 39.6 75.9 2012 771 235.2 36.8 74.4And in Writing, though the numbers were returned slightly lower than the previous year, Norwalk tenth-graders showed improvements from the 2007 Goal and Proficiency numbers.
Breaking down the numbers by School, showed improvements to the Goal percentages, even when they displayed losses in overall proficiency.
By District GroupYearMathematics Total Mathematics Number TestedAverage Scale Score% At/Above Goal% At/Above Proficiency Norwalk High School 2007 374 242.6 36.9 70.6 2011 352 245.7 36.9 75.0 2012 357 242.3 33.6 71.1 Brien Mcmahon Hs 2007 378 236.7 30.2 71.2 2011 386 244.4 35.2 74.4 2012 395 240.5 32.4 69.9 Briggs High School 2007 31 180.2 0.0 16.1 2011 - - - - 2012 - - - - GroupYearScience Total Science Number TestedAverage Scale Score% At/Above Goal% At/Above Proficiency Norwalk High School 2007 375 249.5 37.3 77.6 2011 351 244.0 33.0 71.8 2012 358 247.0 34.4 72.9 Brien Mcmahon Hs 2007 378 249.0 35.4 80.4 2011 389 248.5 33.9 75.1 2012 402 244.2 31.8 73.4 Briggs High School 2007 28 196.7 0.0 21.4 2011 - - - - 2012 - - - - GroupYearReading Across the Disciplines Total Reading Number TestedAverage Scale Score% At/Above Goal% At/Above Proficiency Norwalk High School 2007 378 242.8 45.5 82.3 2011 351 241.8 42.5 76.4 2012 356 233.7 33.4 75.6 Brien Mcmahon Hs 2007 378 232.3 30.4 77.2 2011 383 240.5 39.4 78.9 2012 397 238.6 41.1 75.1 Briggs High School 2007 30 174.6 0.0 6.7 2011 - - - - 2012 - - - - GroupYearWriting Across the Disciplines Total Writing Number TestedAverage Scale Score% At/Above Goal% At/Above Proficiency Norwalk High School 2007 377 245.2 45.6 82.8 2011 345 262.3 58.0 87.8 2012 347 261.1 54.8 88.8 Brien Mcmahon Hs 2007 377 240.0 39.3 82.0 2011 389 250.9 46.5 85.1 2012 399 251.7 52.6 83.0 Briggs High School 2007 - - - - 2011 - - - - 2012 - - - -Compared to other districts regionally, Norwalk finished behind its neighbors in almost every instance.
Science
Total Science Number TestedAverage Scale Score% At/Above Goal% At/Above Proficiency State 2007 42036 256.9 44.5 81.4 2011 41037 260.6 47.2 81.7 2012 40928 260.3 47.3 80.2 Darien 2007 312 287.0 71.8 97.8 2011 326 292.5 76.4 96.3 2012 331 288.7 73.1 95.2 Greenwich 2007 670 274.5 61.8 91.9 2011 693 279.7 62.8 93.1 2012 652 284.9 66.6 92.8 New Canaan 2007 286 293.3 80.1 97.6 2011 352 287.9 72.2 96.9 2012 336 293.9 78.9 97.6 Norwalk 2007 786 247.1 35.0 76.6 2011 756 245.4 32.9 72.4 2012 780 244.3 32.4 71.9 Ridgefield 2007 438 292.1 77.6 98.6 2011 418 289.8 77.5 97.1 2012 456 296.7 80.0 99.1 Stamford 2007 995 240.6 27.5 71.1 2011 1135 248.1 35.0 75.5 2012 1127 244.8 33.5 72.7 Weston 2007 206 304.6 84.5 98.5 2011 203 295.4 82.8 99.5 2012 187 299.7 83.4 100.0 Wilton 2007 327 288.6 73.4 96.9 2011 307 296.7 81.4 97.7 2012 302 299.3 81.598.7
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Stay tuned next week, when we break down the elementary CMA test numbers for you.
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