What does standardized testing tell us? Cut through the confusion and nonsense, circuitous talk, and look closer. Hiding our heads in the sand and thinking about issues in a vacuum are not productive. Here are comparisons to similar districts within Connecticut (District Reference Group D), to all Connecticut’s districts reporting complete scores, and resulting percentiles for each.

1. Branford’s 2011 CAPT, 8 th -Grade, and 4 th -Grade CMT Score Comparisons Excellence: “The highest attainable rating…” ( http://www.thefreedictionary.com/excellence )

5. CAPT CT Index Rank

6. CAPT DRG D Rank

7. 8 th -Grade CT Index Rank

8. 8 th -Grade DRG D Rank

9. 4 th -Grade CT Index Rank

10. 4 th -Grade DRG D Rank