Test score gap nationwide
Connecticut's achievement gap between minority students, students from low-income families, and their peers are among the largest for each of the below subjects and grades, based on the average scores on the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress. (Note: Some states are missing because the sample size was insufficient.) Click on dots for data.
Subject
Math - 4th
Math - 8th
Reading - 4th
Reading - 8th
Groups to compare
Conn. Gap
25.0
National Gap
24.6
Nation
Nation (public)
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
District of Columbia
150
175
200
225
250
275
300
325
Source: The Nation's ReportCard
Andrew Ba Tran / CT Mirror