Statewide Test Scores Are in For East Haven Students

EAST HAVEN, CT - The trend line is going in the right direction as far as student test scores in East Haven, though the average is below the state numbers.

Nearly three-quarters of the state’s school districts improved their performance on the state’s latest annual assessment, showing higher scores in 143 of 202 districts during 2017-18, according to the state Department of Education.

Among schools that were scored in both 2016-17 and 2017-18, 779 saw increases, while 456 declined.

East Haven is trending in the right direction.

District-wide, East Haven students scored 67.1 percent, higher than last year; at Carbone School/EH Academy, the score was 73.2, up from last yer; at Deer Run, 70.1 percent, down from last year, at Ferrara School, 80.4, up from last year, at the high school, 65.6 percent, down from last year, at Grove Tuttle, 67.1, up from last year, at Melillo, 56.0, up from last year; at Momauguin, 71.2, up from last year.

In its fourth year, the state-administered Next Generation Accountability System takes a holistic approach in its assessment of schools and districts, relying on data from a dozen indicators including test scores, academic growth, chronic absenteeism, graduation rates, college readiness, and arts access.

The state assigns different weights to those factors then calculates a single “accountability index” number for each school and district.