Advanced Placement Testing
All of the Catholic high schools within the Archdiocese of Hartford offer Advanced Placement Courses in a wide variety of subjects. The number and range of courses differ from school to school, but in the coming school year, Catholic high schools will offer anywhere from three to thirty-one Advanced Placement opportunities to upper level students. Among the offerings will be math, literature, modern and ancient language, history, psychology, science, art, music and computer science. More than 900 students across the Archdiocese participate in the Advanced Placement Program. Of those, an average of 75% receives a score of 3 or better granting them college credit in those disciplines.
In addition, most high schools have formed relationships with local colleges and universities, including the University of Connecticut, Albertus Magnus, Teikyo Post, the University of New Haven, University of Saint Joseph, University of Hartford, and Yale University that enable Catholic high school students to take courses at those institutions. There are as many models for this as there are schools involved, but in all cases, students of Catholic high schools who demonstrate exceptional academic ability have extraordinary opportunities to challenge themselves and get a head start on college.
Standardized Testing
NWEA MAP Assessment
Students in grades 3 through 8 in the Catholic elementary and middle schools of the Archdiocese of Hartford take the NWEA MAP Growth Assessment. The NWEA Assessment are norm-referenced achievement tests that assess students’ skills in Reading, Language, Mathematics, and Science. The tests assess both foundation skills and higher-order thinking skills. The results of the NWEA enable educators to assess the performance of their students, differentiate instruction, and plan for students to reach their maximum potential.
As in the past, Archdiocese of Hartford students’ performance on all subtests of this battery exceeded the average score of students tested nationally.
Secondary – SATs
Congratulations to the Class of 2024 at the high schools in the Archdiocese of Hartford! When faced with challenges of post-pandemic, including accepting students from public or charter schools who lost valuable instructional time, our Catholic high schools persevered, individualized instruction as needed, and continued to support students to excel, achieving SAT scores measuring well above state and national levels! We invite students looking for the same success to explore the high schools of the Archdiocese of Hartford on our Find a School page.