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The Governor's Summer Reading Challenge and The Commissioner's Summer Math Challenge
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This pages contains resources on the Smarter Balanced assessments.
Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments
This page provides information about The Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments for mathematics and English language arts (ELA)/literacy. They are available to students in Grades 3 – 8 and high school. The interim Assessments are one of the three components of the Smarter Balanced Assessment System—along with the end-of-year summative assessments in ELA/literacy and mathematics, and a digital library of formative assessment tools and practices that support classroom instruction.
Smarter Balanced Results Resources
This page provides a toolkit of materials available for districts and members of the public to help interpret Smarter Balanced Assessment results.
Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers
This page provides information about the Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers. The Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers is a searchable, interactive online collection of instructional and professional learning resources developed by educators for educators.
Social Studies Frameworks and Resources
Social studies is the integration of knowledge and human experience for the purpose of citizenship.
The Special Education Excess Cost Data Collection system is used to collect LEA Excess Cost and State Agency Placement Grant data from school districts.
Special Education Data Collections Help Site
This site is dedicated to helping you understand all the data elements and important processes within each of the data collections associated with special education data.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's SMP provides low-fat (1%) or fat-free milk to children in public and private nonprofit schools and child care institutions that do not participate in other USDA Child Nutrition Programs.
Special Populations on the State Summative Assessments
This page provides information on the Designated Supports and Accommodations that are available for State Summative Assessments in Connecticut.
Most of the following Connecticut schools and districts are members of the League of Innovative Schools (LIS) and are engaged in Mastery-Based Learning. LIS is a regional professional learning community for secondary schools committed to educational equity, student-centered learning and ongoing improvement.
Standards for Educational Opportunities for Students Who Have Been Expelled
Connecticut law requires LEAs to offer an “alternative educational opportunity” to students who have been expelled in certain circumstances and further provides that LEAs may offer such an opportunity to any expelled student.
Statewide K-12 Sexual Assault & Abuse Prevention & Awareness Program Guidelines
These guidelines provide an overview of sexual violence and recommendations for implementing sexual assault and abuse awareness and prevention programs as required by state law.
The Student Assessment News is a publication by the Performance Office that provides information about the NGSS Science Test (including CTAS), The Smarter Balanced Assessment, The Connecticut SAT School Day, The Connecticut Alternate Assessment and the English Language Proficiency Assessment.