CAPT Scores Fell In Connecticut….

this year for tenth graders after a major gains in 2006. Changes in the exam are the major culprit here.

10th-grade students who scored at or above goal in math decreased from 50 percent to 40 percent; in reading it dropped from 43 percent to 35 percent; in science it fell from 37 percent to 28 percent; and in writing from it dropped 55 percent to 51 percent.