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Danbury area schools outperform state in new report

The annual Next Generation Accountability System for school performance shows the Danbury area experienced improvement, while Connecticut overall slipped.  The measure judges schools on a dozen indicators, including test scores, chronic absenteeism and access to the arts. 

As a whole, Connecticut public schools got a grade of 74.2 out of 100 for the last school year, compared to 74.9 percent the year before.  162 schools across the state were named in the report as Schools of Distinction for high overall and academic performance. 

The schools in the top 10 percent include ones in Bethel, Danbury, Newtown, Redding, and Ridgefield.

Seven Danbury schools were acknowledged, mostly for growth in math among all of the student groups and for growth in English and math for students with high needs. Great Plain was noted for its high performance and high growth among all of its students in English and Mill Ridge had high performance. 

Both Berry and Rockwell elementary schools in Bethel were named high performing schools.  Head O'Meadow Elementary School in Newtown had high growth for all students in English.  Redding Elementary School was recognized for being high performance and seeing high growth among all student groups in math. 

Ridgebury, Scotland and Farmingville elementary schools in Ridgefield were all listed as high performing and Farmingville was also recognized for its high growth among all students in English.

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