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New Haven presents test gains, dual-enrollment savings and targets; board approves data agreement with Connecticut RISE Network
Summary
Superintendent Eva M. Negron and district leaders reviewed Smarter Balanced, SAT and other measures showing incremental gains and outlined 2029 targets; the board approved an award to Connecticut RISE Network to support data work, subject to external approvals.
New Haven Public Schools presented academic results and district priorities Monday as Superintendent Eva M. Negron outlined a shift from “growth” to “acceleration” and asked the board to continue aligning district work with its Path to Excellence strategic plan.
Assistant Superintendent Keisha Redhanans reviewed Smarter Balanced, SAT and English-proficiency (ACCESS/WIDA/Las Links) results, highlighting year-over-year increases in several areas but noting the district has not met all its acceleration targets for 2024–25.
Redhanans told the board that district mathematics scores increased 2.9 percentage points last year — outpacing the state’s 2.5-point gain — while English language arts rose 0.4 points compared with a 0.5-point state increase. Science rose 0.8 points as the state rose 1.2 points. Redhanans emphasized cohort and grade-level progress charts used by the district to track movement from one grade to the…
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