Advanced Placement Testing

Archdiocese of Hartford Catholic High School Students Offer a Variety of Advanced Placement Opportunities

Standardized Testing

Archdiocese of Hartford Students
Outperform Students Nationally on Standardized Tests

Each Spring, students in the Catholic elementary and middle schools of the Archdiocese of Hartford take the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (ITBS). This year, as in the past, Archdiocese of Hartford students' performance on all subtests of this battery - math, reading, language arts, science, and social studies - measured minimally in the upper third of students tested nationally.

IOWA TEST OF BASIC SKILLS

Students in grades 3 through 7 of the elementary and middle schools of the Archdiocese of Hartford take the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (ITBS). Their scores are reported in both grade equivalents and percentiles. The following chart indicates the Archdiocesan average grade equivalents in the major tested areas. Students take ITBS in the seventh month (March) of each school year and should achieve minimally a grade equivalent score of the seventh month of whatever grade they are in. For example, third graders should score 3.7 (third grade, seventh month), fourth graders should score about a 4.7 (fourth grade, seventh month), and so on.

2010 ITBS Results for *Archdiocese of Hartford (ADH) Catholic Elementary and Middle Schools

2010 *ADH Science and Social Studies Results as Compared to Achievement of the Average Student Nationally in Grades 5 and 7:

*Elementary and Middle Schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford consist of schools in the following cities and towns:

Ansonia                    East Haven                  Milford                      Torrington                   Windsor

Berlin                       Enfield                         Naugatuck               Wallingford                  Winsted

Branford                  Hamden                       New Britain              Waterbury

Bristol                      Hartford                      New Haven                Watertown

Cheshire                  Madison                      Newington                 West Hartford

Derby                         Manchester               Simsbury                  West Haven

East Hartford            Meriden                     Southington              Wethersfield

SAT – College Entrance Exam

The exceptional performance of Archdiocesan students on standardized testing continues when students move on to high school. Students in this Archdiocese perform well on all areas of the SAT, but especially in the reading and writing areas where performance is well above both state and national average.

During the 2009-2010 school year, 1185 college bound students of the nine Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford took the SAT® as part of the college admissions process. The SAT uses a scaled score of 200-800 with a score of 500 being considered average. The average SAT score of students attending Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford is above both the state of Connecticut and the national average in all three tested areas. Significant differences are reflected in the scores in all three areas.

2010 Spring SAT Results for Archdiocese of Hartford High Schools

The following table charts SAT scores over the past two years:

Catholic secondary school graduates have long demonstrated their eminent suitability for all colleges, universities, professions, and all respected walks of the busy American market place. The commitment to QUALITY CATHOLIC EDUCATION is as tenacious now as when an infant 19th century Catholic parish in Hartford opened its doors over 100 years ago!

There are many reasons to acclaim the Archdioceses of Hartford's elementary, middle, and high schools. We continue to proudly exalt our elementary and middle schools who, in teaching the whole child, prepare our students so well for success in high school. We pay tribute to our Archdiocesan high schools who graduate 100% of their students with 98.8% advancing to higher education, training programs, and the military. Lastly, we proudly tout the fact that all our elementary/middle/secondary schools of the Archdiocese are fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.