Every year, in grades 3 through 8, students participate in state testing in the Spring. The majority of these assessments are computer-adaptive and designed to measure skills through reading, comprehension, writing, math, and science in correlation with our state standards. The results can indicate areas in which a student is excelling and areas in which a student may need support in order to meet standard. These challenging standards are used to develop learning experiences for the content and skills that students should be able to know and do at each grade level, so that by the time they graduate from middle school, students are prepared to excel at the high school level. How did Trumbull Students Perform on our State Testing?
Trumbull Public Schools typically does very well on state tests, consistently performing far above the state average. These results are most important, however, when used in collaboration with educators and families to ensure we are providing our very best teaching and learning opportunities of our students.
Reports are Now Viewable for Families
We are pleased to share that this year we received the May 2025 parent/guardian reports for our state tests in an electric format as well as a color copy. As a reminder, these results will only be available for students who were in Grades 3-8 last school year and participated in testing. These tests include the:
- Smarter Balanced Assessments (SBA) for ELA and Math,
- Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Assessment, and
- Connecticut Alternate Assessments (in ELA, Math, And Science) for students with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) which requires alternate testing.
Where Can Families Find These Results and Other Information About Student Learning?The electronic results will be available online in your child’s “backpack” through the Parent Portal within Infinite Campus. We expect results to be uploaded over the next few weeks with access for all those families who took the tests by October 1st or earlier. This electronic area is the same space in which your child’s report card is accessed after a trimester or marking period. The paper copies of the state results will be sent to your home in the coming weeks. Wondering how to access the Parent Portal and Student Backpack? Please see below for a link to the instructions.
Using Results to Help Students
Please be aware that the results of state tests are shared with teachers, administrators and families so that we can work together to provide support for our students and adjust our curriculum and instruction with their needs in mind.
Families Are Our Partners in Learning
Research indicates that students can learn in more meaningful ways when complemented by support at home. Wondering how you might help at home to ensure your child makes progress with his/her/their grade level standards? See the link below to resources that families can use to help support their children at home.
Beyond State Testing
Trumbull Public Schools believes in multiple means of assessing students and a variety of measures to determine student growth. Ultimately, educators ant to know what students KNOW and can DO. The standardized assessment included in state repors is only one measure used by our educators and teams to determine student growth over time. We also have regular report cards and conferences that are wonderful communication tools available to our famlies during the school year.
If you have any questions, we encourage to you to reach out to your child's teacher, principal, or me.
Sincerely,
Susan C. Iwanicki, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent
