GREENWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS

NEWS
CONNECTICUT ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE TEST and CONNECTICUT MASTERY TEST
RESULTS RELEASED FOR 2013
(Greenwich, CT: EMBARGOED RELEASE UNTIL 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 13, 2013) The Connecticut
Department of Education has released the results of the 2013 Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT)
and the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT).

Superintendent of Schools Dr. William S. McKersie said, Greenwich continues to be a high performing school
District based on multiple measures including standardized test scores. Our students score well above state and
national benchmarks on the CMT and CAPT assessments. In nearly all tested areas, our students from non-free
and reduced price lunch families (roughly 85 percent of our students) achieve results placing over 80 percent at
"Goal" -- the key benchmark for success. Only the best districts in the state achieve such results. However, we
are not satisfied with this year's results. Greenwich needs to know that this district always pushes for the best.
Most important, we are not satisfied that our free and reduced price lunch students (roughly 15 percent of our
students) continue to perform well below their peers. We had been narrowing this achievement gap over the
past four years, but the new results show the gap has widened. Moreover, our top performing students have
begun to plateau in their results--scoring at a high level, but in the aggregate with minimal improvements
annually."
Statewide, 2013 CMT results declined in the percentage of students scoring at Goal in all areas tested (Reading,
Writing, Math and Science). Greenwich students scores at Goal on the 2013 CMT increased in some areas and
declined in others. CAPT scores statewide show increases at the Goal level in each area tested except Writing.
Similarly, Greenwich students CAPT scores increased at the Goal level in each area tested except Writing.

Dr. McKersie continues, We now have to delve into the data to better understand where the challenges are
occurring. We must be careful not to jump to conclusions about what strategies are working or not working
before we have an opportunity to sufficiently analyze the possible reasons for not making the progress we had
anticipated. We will work at the district level and in school teams to analyze the results and modify instructional
plans and actions accordingly. We know that we must do a better job of helping teachers identify and focus on
the most effective instructional practices. The good news is that the leadership team (district and school) is
unified in moving ahead in a focused, prioritized way to implement the Common Core standards and the best
instruction. Personalized learning, digital learning and professional learning will be key tools as we move

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"A final point is that we are on the cusp of shifting to a whole new assessment system. The district will be field
testing the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) in Spring 2014. Thus, this will be last year we
will be basing analysis of student performance on the CMT/CAPT. Going forward, we will be using a more
rigorous and comprehensive assessment system. This transition will be a challenge, but will help energize and
focus all professionals in the district."
Standardized Assessment Review, Analysis and Reporting Schedule:
The next steps with regard to the review, analysis and response to assessment data is as follows:
August 2013 GDDT Meeting: The Greenwich District Data Team (GDDT) members and GDDT Goal
Subcommittees are developing the District Strategic Improvement Plan (DSIP) Annual Report. The DSIP
Annual Report will address progress made in 2012-2013 and mid-course corrections for the 2013-2014 and
2014-2015 DSIP action plans

using the recently received standardized assessment data.

School & Instructional Data Teams (SDT & IDT): SDTs and IDTs will meet as school begins to review the
2013 assessment data and adjust, as necessary, School Improvement Plans which are in line to be implemented
at the start of the school year.
Annual Assessment Report: The CMT, CAPT and other available assessment data will be presented in a report
to the Board of Education on September 19, 2013.
Monitoring Reports: The Board will receive an in-depth analysis in each of the CMT/CAPT assessment
categories as part of the subject area Monitoring Reports scheduled as follows: Reading & Writing (9/19/13),
Science (10/10/13), and Math (5/1/14).
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Connecticut Mastery Test
Reading
Grade
3-8
3-8
3-8
3-8
3-8

Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Tested N
3786
3806
3832
3754
3722

% Proficient
90.0%
90.2%
89.8%
91.4%
91.5%

% Goal
81.0%
82.7%
81.5%
83.3%
82.8%

% Advanced
37.6%
40.1%
40.2%
40.9%
40.6%

Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Tested N
3859
3922
3875
3820
3869

% Proficient
92.8%
92.3%
91.9%
94.3%
92.0%

% Goal
81.2%
78.9%
77.5%
81.7%
78.2%

% Advanced
39.6%
39.0%
34.4%
40.1%
37.8%

Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Tested N
3818
3820
3836
3777
3760

% Proficient
93.1%
93.6%
93.7%
94.0%
93.6%

% Goal
81.2%
81.9%
82.0%
82.7%
81.4%

% Advanced
47.9%
48.4%
49.3%
51.2%
48.8%

Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Tested N
1309
1301
1251
1305
1276

% Proficient
91.3%
88.9%
89.2%
92.3%
90.6%

% Goal
73.8%
73.6%
76.4%
79.8%
78.0%

% Advanced
25.1%
21.0%
25.9%
31.8%
32.3%

Writing
Grade
3-8
3-8
3-8
3-8
3-8
Mathematics
Grade
3-8
3-8
3-8
3-8
3-8
Science
Grade
5 and 8
5 and 8
5 and 8
5 and 8
5 and 8

Source: CSDE

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CMT Reading
Grade
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8

Source: CSDE

Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Tested N
625
703
666
647
639
661
620
693
650
651
634
642
609
682
629
1920
1965
1968
1979
1919
599
613
629
565
637
618
601
618
606
559
649
627
617
604
607
1866
1841
1864
1775
1803

% Proficient
85.4%
87.3%
84.3%
87.9%
87.8%
90.5%
87.2%
89.4%
89.3%
90.0%
91.1%
89.9%
88.8%
93.2%
91.0%
89.0%
88.1%
87.5%
90.2%
89.6%
92.1%
92.9%
92.3%
93.2%
94.1%
90.3%
94.3%
91.8%
93.9%
93.9%
90.8%
90.0%
92.8%
91.2%
92.6%
91.1%
92.4%
92.3%
92.8%
93.5%

August 9, 2013

% Goal
72.3%
76.2%
72.0%
78.8%
75.1%
79.6%
77.8%
80.5%
78.5%
78.8%
82.0%
79.9%
77.6%
82.8%
83.2%
78.0%
77.9%
76.7%
80.1%
79.0%
83.8%
88.8%
86.7%
86.7%
85.9%
84.0%
90.5%
86.9%
87.6%
88.9%
84.3%
84.1%
86.2%
86.1%
85.8%
84.0%
87.8%
86.6%
86.8%
86.8%

% Advanced
32.6%
26.3%
26.7%
41.1%
35.5%
34.8%
32.6%
32.9%
31.7%
34.1%
35.8%
38.2%
37.4%
36.5%
36.9%
34.4%
32.2%
32.2%
36.4%
35.5%
39.6%
46.7%
45.0%
37.0%
39.7%
44.0%
51.6%
53.1%
49.5%
50.4%
39.3%
47.4%
47.8%
50.7%
48.4%
41.0%
48.5%
48.6%
45.9%
45.9%

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CMT Writing
Grade
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8

Source: CSDE

Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Tested N
643
714
676
668
665
686
643
705
671
676
651
666
627
699
658
1980
2023
2008
2038
1999
612
626
639
581
649
629
617
626
621
573
656
634
621
608
619
1897
1877
1886
1810
1841

% Proficient
93.2%
93.5%
90.6%
93.4%
90.4%
93.0%
94.6%
94.3%
93.0%
95.4%
94.1%
94.0%
94.6%
96.8%
95.0%
93.4%
94.0%
93.1%
94.4%
93.6%
92.8%
92.6%
92.4%
92.5%
94.2%
88.4%
90.8%
86.1%
91.5%
89.7%
92.6%
91.3%
90.2%
94.3%
91.2%
91.3%
91.6%
89.6%
92.8%
91.8%

August 9, 2013

% Goal
82.3%
78.9%
74.0%
79.2%
76.4%
80.2%
80.4%
79.8%
79.7%
82.1%
84.9%
83.5%
84.2%
86.1%
81.0%
82.4%
80.9%
79.2%
81.7%
79.8%
81.0%
78.9%
76.8%
81.7%
80.3%
76.5%
76.7%
69.5%
77.3%
76.1%
80.1%
77.6%
78.4%
82.6%
76.2%
79.2%
77.7%
74.9%
80.5%
77.6%

% Advanced
45.9%
38.0%
30.8%
40.3%
35.2%
37.6%
44.0%
38.2%
42.3%
43.9%
44.5%
36.8%
38.1%
38.9%
36.2%
42.6%
39.5%
35.7%
40.5%
38.5%
32.5%
38.8%
34.7%
39.4%
41.3%
36.6%
40.7%
31.5%
39.8%
36.8%
39.2%
37.4%
32.0%
37.7%
34.7%
36.2%
39.0%
32.7%
39.0%
37.7%

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CMT Mathematics
Grade
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
3-5
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8
6-8

Source: CSDE

Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Tested N
634
708
668
656
654
668
620
693
656
661
643
644
611
684
638
1945
1972
1972
1996
1953
600
618
630
567
636
626
602
619
611
563
647
628
615
603
608
1873
1848
1864
1781
1807

% Proficient
91.0%
92.5%
93.8%
94.6%
91.6%
92.0%
93.2%
93.0%
93.6%
94.4%
94.4%
94.5%
93.6%
93.7%
95.7%
92.5%
93.4%
93.5%
94.0%
93.9%
94.4%
94.0%
93.5%
94.0%
93.3%
92.8%
95.6%
94.4%
93.8%
91.4%
94.2%
91.9%
94.1%
94.2%
94.8%
93.8%
93.8%
94.0%
94.0%
93.2%

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% Goal
76.5%
76.3%
76.4%
84.1%
78.3%
79.4%
80.5%
81.2%
81.6%
82.1%
83.2%
86.9%
83.9%
84.2%
84.1%
79.7%
81.1%
80.4%
83.3%
81.5%
83.7%
83.3%
82.2%
82.0%
83.1%
81.5%
84.5%
84.7%
81.4%
79.9%
83.1%
80.4%
83.9%
82.8%
80.8%
82.8%
82.7%
83.6%
82.1%
81.3%

% Advanced
42.1%
37.7%
37.9%
47.1%
38.7%
40.6%
45.0%
45.0%
47.0%
48.1%
55.2%
53.0%
52.5%
53.8%
51.3%
45.9%
45.0%
44.9%
49.4%
46.0%
52.5%
54.5%
53.5%
53.3%
55.0%
47.6%
49.8%
55.3%
53.4%
49.0%
49.9%
51.9%
53.2%
52.9%
51.2%
50.0%
52.1%
54.0%
53.2%
51.9%

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CMT Science
Grade
5
5
5
5
5

Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Tested N
653
666
627
697
657

% Proficient
93.1%
91.5%
92.4%
94.0%
92.6%

% Goal
72.4%
73.0%
76.5%
81.8%
81.0%

% Advanced
23.4%
24.8%
29.0%
32.6%
35.9%

8
8
8
8
8

2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

656
635
624
608
619

89.5%
86.2%
86.0%
90.3%
88.4%

75.2%
74.2%
76.2%
77.6%
74.8%

26.7%
17.0%
22.8%
30.9%
28.4%

Source: CSDE

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Connecticut Academic Performance Test
Reading
Grade
10
10
10
10
10

Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Tested N
630
630
687
648
638

% Proficient
95.4%
94.6%
93.1%
93.5%
94.7%

% Goal
71.0%
66.2%
66.9%
70.8%
71.8%

% Advanced
38.9%
33.5%
33.6%
36.4%
34.3%

Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Tested N
633
638
695
650
649

% Proficient
96.8%
94.0%
94.8%
96.5%
96.6%

% Goal
79.1%
81.3%
81.9%
84.2%
82.9%

% Advanced
45.3%
48.4%
54.1%
58.0%
55.9%

Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Tested N
631
634
688
642
643

% Proficient
92.2%
91.2%
92.2%
91.5%
92.3%

% Goal
70.2%
72.3%
71.9%
70.9%
72.5%

% Advanced
37.6%
39.3%
38.5%
44.9%
38.3%

Year
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013

Tested N
638
637
693
652
648

% Proficient
92.2%
93.8%
93.1%
92.8%
93.7%

% Goal
61.9%
64.8%
62.8%
66.6%
69.9%

% Advanced
34.2%
37.5%
35.5%
43.1%
40.7%

Writing
Grade
10
10
10
10
10
Mathematics
Grade
10
10
10
10
10
Science
Grade
10
10
10
10
10

Source: CSDE

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Closing the Achievement Gap
Over the last ten years the percentage of GPS students qualifying for free or reduced price lunch increased
from 7.3% to 13.9%.
From 2011 2012 to 2012 2013, gaps in achievement widened and overall scores were flat or declined.
Greenwich Public Schools
CMT Reading at Goal Gr 3 5

Greenwich Public Schools

CMT Reading at Goal Gr 6 8

Greenwich Public Schools

CAPT Reading at Goal Gr 10

100%

100%

100%

90%

90%

90%

80%

80%

80%

70%

70%

70%

60%

60%

60%

50%

50%

50%

40%

40%

40%

30%

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0%

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2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

No F R Price Lunch

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

0%
2003

2004

F R Price Lunch

2005

2006

2007

No F R Price Lunch

Greenwich Public Schools

CMT Writing at Goal Gr 3 5

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2003

Greenwich Public Schools

CMT Writing at Goal Gr 6 8
100%

90%

90%

90%

80%

80%

80%

70%

70%

70%

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50%

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0%

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2005

2006

2007

No F R Price Lunch

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2004

F R Price Lunch

2005

2006

2007

No F R Price Lunch

Greenwich Public Schools

CMT Mathematics at Goal Gr 3 5

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2003

Greenwich Public Schools

CMT Mathematics at Goal Gr 6 8
90%

90%

80%

80%

80%

70%

70%

70%

60%

60%

60%

50%

50%

50%

40%

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0%

0%
2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2004

2005

2006

2007

No F R Price Lunch

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CMT Science at Goal Gr 5

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2003

90%

90%

80%

80%

70%

70%

70%

60%

60%

60%

50%

50%

50%

40%

40%

40%

30%

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10%

10%

0%

0%
No F R Price Lunch

2008

2009

F R Price Lunch

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

2010

2011

2012

F R Price Lunch

2006

2007

2008

2009

F R Price Lunch

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CAPT Science at Goal Gr 10

80%

2007

2005

Greenwich Public Schools

CMT Science at Goal Gr 8

90%

2006

2006

No F R Price Lunch

100%

2005

2004

F R Price Lunch

100%

2004

2009

F R Price Lunch

0%
2003

F R Price Lunch

100%

2003

2008

Greenwich Public Schools

CAPT Mathematics at Goal Gr 10

90%

No F R Price Lunch

2005

No F R Price Lunch

100%

2005

2004

F R Price Lunch

100%

2004

2007

0%
2003

100%

2003

2006

Greenwich Public Schools

CAPT Writing at Goal Gr 10

100%

2004

2005

No F R Price Lunch

100%

2003

2004

F R Price Lunch

0%
2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

No F R Price Lunch

2008

2009

F R Price Lunch

2010

2011

2012

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

No F R Price Lunch

2008

2009

F R Price Lunch