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Granby CMT Results Show Improvement Amongst Comparison Group
Granby students taking the Connecticut Mastery Test had performances above the 50th percentile in more than half of the district's reference group comparisons. Students also improved rankings from previous years in half of the applicable categories
Granby students in grades three through eight took the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) during the 2011-2012 school year and Granby public school officials are analyzing results from those tests, as well as data from other standardized assessments, at board of education meetings this fall.
Overall, the results of the CMT were positive, according to Granby’s director of curriculum, Diane Dugas. She pointed out that Granby students showed strong performance when viewed with the overall results from the town’s district reference group (DRG), a comparative collection of 20 school districts used to measure progress on the test.
“We did significantly well in comparison to the DRG reference group,” Dugas said.
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Of the 20 total comparison categories, spread across the four subjects of math, reading, writing and science (only taken by students in grades five and eight) and through students in grades three through eight, Granby pupils were in the top 50 percent of reference group performers 13 times. Students saw their rankings improve from previous year’s efforts in nine different categories.
Amongst the DRG comparison group, fifth-grade students in Granby can be especially proud of their efforts in math, reading and science as they attained ranks of first, fourth and third in those categories, respectively. Granby eighth graders ranked second out of 20 in science. Students in sixth grade ranked second in reading amongst their peers in other districts, while students in grades four and seven earned the third spot for reading in their comparison groups.
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Reading has been a strong point for Granby students on the CMT, according to Dugas, while students have shown less consistent mastery of writing skills. Math is another area of concern, with future teaching needing to focus on estimating solutions to problems, mathematical applications and other issues.
Look for more in-depth details about the CMT results next week on The Granbys Patch following an interview with Diane Dugas.
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