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27 October
5:39 pm

some of our city school districts have twenty five percent reading efficiency when they're graduating eighty five percent of their student body

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Ryan Fazio, at Connecticut Governor General Election Debate (WTNH News 8)

5:39 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific figures cited about reading proficiency and graduation rates in Connecticut city school districts — verifiable against state education data and potentially misleading if inaccurate or cherry-picked
What we foundHartford Public Schools reported a record 85.3% four-year graduation rate for the Class of 2025, up from 78.0% in 2024 and 73.8% in 2022. Its reading proficiency before this year's gains was 28% in 4th grade and 17% in middle school, so a city district graduating about 85% of its students while about a quarter read proficiently is in line with the district's own figures.
CorrectedCorrection: Originally rated Overstated. Rating changed to Supported following post-debate review: Hartford Public Schools reported a record 85.3% graduation rate for the Class of 2025, with reading proficiency of 28% in 4th grade and 17% in middle school before this year's gains. The earlier rating used graduation rates from earlier years; the summary was rewritten to match.
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