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Farmington Shows Gains on CMTs, Slight Dip in CAPT
The town well exceeds the state averages on both tests.
Farmington still well exceeds the state averages in both CMT and CAPT scores, though CAPT scores were down slightly across the board compared to 2011. CMT scores were mostly all up. Lower grade levels saw solid increases, while grades 5 and 7 showed slight decreases in math.
Farmington administrators are expected to give a detailed analysis of the town's test scores to the Board of Education in the fall.
In releasing the CMT and CAPT test scores for invididual districts this year, the state Department of Educaiton said that CMT scores — given to students in grades 3 through 8 — improved incrementally while CAPT performance — administered to 10th-graders and required for graduation — was mixed.
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"While student performance increased in all content areas when compared to the CAPT baseline year of 2007, it decreased in some areas when compared to last year," the department said in a news release. "As compared to 2011, performance increased slightly in writing, remained relatively constant in science and reading, and decreased in mathematics."
Farmington CMT test scores
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2011 85.4 96.3 82.8 94.4 87.5 96.3 2012 85.8 95.6 85.1 92.2 87.9 95.3 State 2012 68.2 85.8 64.1 78.3 65.3 83.7 Grade 5
2011 92.6 98.6 83.2 92.3 89.7 97.2 2012 90.8 97.4 88.3 94.9 91.7 98.2 State 2012 71.8 85.7 67.7 79.7
68.1 88.5 Grade 6
2011 88.8 97.0 89.8 95.7 82.3 95.5 2012 92.8 97.6 93.6 95.9 90.6 96.6 State 2012 69.5
87.2 74.2 84.8 67.5 84.9 Grade 7
2011 90.1 98.8 91.9 96.4 80.8 93.8 2012 88.8 97.4 92.5 96.7 82.1 92.7 State 2012 68.3 86.7 79.9 87.4 65.6 83.9 Grade 8
2011 92.6 98.5 91.1 95.3 88.3 95.9 2012 90.9 98.2 94.2 98.5 92.8 98.2 State 2012 67.4 87.1 76.8 86.2 68.4 86.2
Farmington CAPT Scores
The full results and comparisons of the scores:
Percent at/above goal, math Percent at/above proficiency, math Percent at/above goal, science Percent at/above proficiency, science Percent at/above goal, reading Percent at/above proficiency, reading Percent at/above goal, writing Percent at/above proficiency, writing 2011 80.2 94.4 75.9 96.7 76.2 96.6 88.4 97.3 2012 77.8 94.3 72.7 94.4 69.1 93.5 83.9 96.5 2012 state average 49.3 78.8 47.3 80.2 47.5 80.9 63.1 88.8
The entire CMT and CAPT scores report from the state is attached to this article as a PDF.
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