The Connecticut Mirror

CT schools see gains on test scores and attendance

State Department of Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker announced improvements in test scores and attendance on August 28, 2025. Credit: Laura Tillman / CT Mirror Connecticut schools saw ...
The Connecticut Mirror

CT student test scores still lag pre-pandemic levels

This chart was first published in one of CT Mirror's stories. To read the full story, click on the first link listed at the bottom of the page. Despite being three years out of the height of COVID-19, ...
The Bulletin

CT schools improve in test scores and attendance, but not back to pre-COVID levels

Connecticut schools saw promising improvements in test scores in all subject areas for the 2024-25 school year as well as declines in chronic absenteeism, according to new data released on Thursday.
Hartford Courant

Lost teaching time, student stress, high cost?: CT SBA a decade in draws calls for change

A decade after Connecticut switched to the Smarter Balanced Assessment to measure academic performance, the debate about “over testing,” student anxiety, costs and “teaching to the test” continues.
WTNH

DATA: Connecticut student test scores and absentee levels approaching pre-pandemic levels

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — New statewide data shows that academic performance in Connecticut improved across all student groups in English language arts (ELA), mathematics and science in 2025. Results ...
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Connecticut is known for quality schools and high test scores, but also the biggest disparities

In his freshman year of high school, New Haven student John Carlos remembers his English teacher leaving halfway through the year. The next year, his Spanish teacher was gone, too. Now, a senior at ...