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CT SAT Scores Reveal Shocking Data Amid Pandemic: See Your District's Scores

Average scores and the number of students meeting or exceeding goal dropped in the majority of districts compared with pre-pandemic years.

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CONNECTICUT — Average SAT scores and the percentage of students meeting or exceeding the state’s goal on the standardized test both dropped from pre-pandemic levels in the majority of school districts.

Overall, about 85 percent of districts with enough data to report experienced a drop in the average ELA scores from 2019-2019 to 2021-2022. There was a similar drop for math scores.

Less than 35 percent of students met or exceeded the goal on the math portion of the test, while about 56 percent met or exceeded the goal on the English language arts portion.

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About 41 percent of students met or exceeded the math goal, and 62 percent did the same for English language arts in the 2018-2019 school year.

Related: CT Student Achievement Drops Following Pandemic Disruptions

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Connecticut uses the SAT as its standardized test for high school juniors. Then-Gov. Dannel Malloy said the move was mainly aimed at reducing the number of standardized tests high schoolers need to take, since many already took the SAT for college admission applications.

The state Department of Education reports the 2020-2021 SAT results separately due to pandemic disruptions. The state secured a federal waiver for the school year.

The schools with the highest average math school for 2021-2022 were:

  1. Westport School District: 618
  2. Darien School District: 617
  3. Weston School District: 587
  4. New Canaan School District: 581
  5. Ridgefield School District: 580
  6. Regional School District 18: 577
  7. Regional School District 05: 576
  8. Wilton School District: 576
  9. Avon School District: 574
  10. Madison School District: 564

Schools with the highest average ELA score were:

  1. Weston School District: 607
  2. Westport School District: 604
  3. Darien School District: 599
  4. Ridgefield School District: 592
  5. Wilton School District: 590
  6. New Canaan School District: 587
  7. Regional School District 18: 583
  8. Simsbury School District: 577
  9. Avon School District: 576
  10. Regional School District 05: 576

See how your district did below, or click this link for the full score table.

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