Statewide Test Scores Are in For Madison Students

MADISON, CT -The line is going in the right direction as far as student test scores in Madison.

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.

Madison ending in the right direction.

District-wide, Madison scored 82.4 percent passing, up from last year; at the high school the grade was 92.6 percent, up from last year, at the Brown Middle School it was 66.4 percent, down from last year, at Island Avenue, 83.1, down from last year; at Milton Jeffrey, 85.7, down from last year; at Ryerson, 82.4, down from last year, at Polson, 71.7, 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.