The new version of the Connecticut Mastery Tests arrived in classrooms here and across the state in 1993 like an abrupt punch to the stomach. Just 20 percent of Rocky Hill fourth-graders reached state ...

Town students produced mixed results on the latest Connecticut Mastery Test, and school officials were scratching their heads to explain why. The good news is that sixth- and eighth-grade writing and ...

A test given to more than 250,000 Connecticut students shows they're generally making academic progress, but that low-income children and students for whom English is a second language still lag ...

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Connecticut's black and Hispanic students continue to narrow the academic achievement gap with double-digit percentage improvements in math and reading skills over the last few years, according to ...

Connecticut Mastery Tests began Monday for fourth-, sixth- and eighth-graders. They are used as a measure of every public school student s progress in language arts and math. Under the No Child Left ...

Initial LEAP testing data released this week showed widespread declines in students achieving mastery across subjects around the state, including in Lafayette Parish, according to The Advocate. On ...

Data released Monday from the 2004 Connecticut Mastery Tests for grades four, six and eight showed a slight decline in scores over the year before in every grade in reading, writing and math. Although ...