By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas and Andrew Ba Tran
One-third of high school juniors are not reading and writing well enough to begin taking college courses or start a career, statewide SAT results released Tuesday show. While thousands of those students are close to being where they should be, one out of every six high school junior in Connecticut is significantly behind.
Math results are even more dire – nearly two-thirds are behind and one-quarter of all juniors are significantly behind.
Minorities and students from low-income families were far behind state averages.
Calling it “concerning” that so many students are testing below where they should be, Ajit Gopalakrishnan, the chief performance officer for the state education department, said there is still hope they can catch up.
