Fairfield Ludlowe High School Students Named 2024 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists 

Congratulations Ludlowe Students Spencer Bradley, Natalie Compare and Campbell Treschuk for being named National Merit Scholarship Corporation Semifinalists!  These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue on to the competition for National Merit Scholarships. 

Over 1.3 million juniors in about 21,000 high schools entered the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®), which served as an initial screen of program entrants. The nationwide pool of Semifinalists, representing less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors, includes the highest-scoring entrants in each state. 

NWEA To Replace STAR Assessments 

Beginning September 18, students in grades K-9 will be administered the Northwest Evaluation Association assessment (NWEA).  The NWEA is replacing the STAR assessment that was historically administered in Fairfield. The NWEA assessment has been linked to  Connecticut Core Standards. Students in K-3 will be administered the Acadience Reading assessment in lieu of NWEA (see below story for additional details). 

NWEA measures student progress in reading, math and language usage. Over time, a student’s progress may be tracked across multiple years. 

The NWEA is a computer adaptive assessment. If a student responds correctly or incorrectly to a question, the proceeding question will adjust to be harder or easier, respectively. This allows a final score to be highly accurate and personalized to the individual student. Schools and teachers receive score reports which allow them to make instructional decisions based on these individual results.

For additional information please visit the FPS assessment page on the website.

Grade K-3 Acadience Reading Assessments

For two weeks beginning September 27, all Grade K-3 students will be administered the Acadience Reading Assessment in place of the formerly administered STAR assessment. This assessment will be administered three times a year in September/October, January/February, and May.

Acadience Reading is a universal screener that measures early literacy skills that students must master in order to become proficient readers beginning in kindergarten.  

For more information on Acadience Reading, please visit the assessment page on the FPS website listed under Acadience Reading Assessment.

State Assessment Results Available On Infinite Campus - September 19

Spring 2023 Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) assessment results will be available to review on the Infinite Campus Digital Backpack Portal on September 19. 

The SBA report for Grades 3-8 will indicate your child’s achievement on the assessment which is aligned to the Connecticut Common Core Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics.

If your child was enrolled in grades 5, 8, or 11 last year, you will also be able to review NGSS results. The NGSS assessment reports student progress and achievement in science overall, as well as in specific disciplines including life, physical, and earth and space sciences. 

Please note, test scores provide one source of evidence about a student’s performance. This information should be included with other assessments and data to draw the most accurate conclusions and inform decision-making.

Please contact your school’s administration with any questions.