State's eighth-graders test high in writing?

From: New Haven Register | Date: April 4, 2008| Author: Elizabeth Benton | Copyright information

By Elizabeth Benton Register Staff

Connecticut eighth-graders ranked among the best in the nation on a federal writing assessment, yet scores show less than one-third of students nationally reached proficiency, and slow progress has been made to close the achievement gap between white and minority students.

Fifty-three percent of Connecticut eighth-graders scored as proficient on the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress' writing assessment, compared with 31 percent na...

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