Statewide Test Scores Are In For Guilford Students

GUILFORD, CT - The trend line is going in the right direction as far as student test scores in Guilford.

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.

Guilford is trending in the right direction.

Overall 87.6 percent of Guilford students passed the test, up from last year.

By school, 83 percent passed at Baldwin Middle, up from last year; 91 percent from Cox, up from last year; 91.9 Leete, down from last year, 79.2 at Adams, down from last year, 90. 3 at the high school, up from last year, 92.1 at Guilford Lakes, up from last year, 92.3 from Melissa Jones, 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.