Documents/Forms

December 23, 2020

• Summative Assessment Training Sessions
• Remote Proctoring Tool Pilot
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Smarter Balanced and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Interim Assessments
• 2020-21 FAFSA Challenge
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2020-21

November 25, 2020

• The Public School Information System and State Summative Assessments 
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• SAT Updates
• Updating Operating Systems for Testing
• Special Populations Updates
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2020-21

October 16, 2020

• 2020 – 21 Assessment and Accountability Guidance
• Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment Webinar
• SAT Updates
• Advanced Placement Updates
• Sensible Assessment Resources and Support
• Tools for Teachers Launched
• Special Populations Updates
• EL Webinar
• Early Indication Tool (EIT) for Teachers – New Resource in EdSight Secure
• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Update
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2020-21

September 3, 2020

• Sensible Assessment Practices and Webinar Series
• Connecticut Assessment Systems Password Reset for 2020-21
• Smarter Balanced Remote Teaching and Learning Web Site
• Fall 2020 SAT Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• High School English Learners Paper
• NGSS Practice Tests
• Quick Guide for Setting Up Technology
• Interim Assessment Update

July 29, 2020

• Interim Assessment Updates
• Testing of Students on the Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment in 2020-21
• LAS Results Available on EdSight
• Centralized Reporting System
• Sensible Assessment Practices and the Smarter Balanced Back to School Assessment Playbook
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2020-21

June 23, 2020

• Cambium Assessment
• Portal Survey
• Special Populations Updates
• Fall 2020 SAT
• Governor’s Summer Reading and Math Challenge
• Tools for Teachers
• Timely/Accurate Calendar for Spring 2020
• Grade 11 Scores for NGSS

May 14, 2020

• LAS Links Assessment Results Released
• Fall 2020 SAT
• Interim Assessments
• Social Studies and Agriculture Distance Learning Webinars
• Lt. Governor’s COVID-19 Computing Challenge
• AP Updates
• Smarter Balanced Educator Recruitment – Summer Meetings Cancelled

March 27, 2020

• Summative Assessments Cancelled for School Year 2019-20
• 2021-22 State Summative Assessment Calendar
• Smarter Balanced Educator Recruitment – Summer Meetings Cancelled

March 4, 2020

• 2021-22 State Summative Assessment Calendar
• Data Analysis and Report Tools Resource
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Smarter Balanced Educator Recruitment
• Advanced Placement Updates
• Office Hours Webinars Focusing on Special Populations, Accessibility, and Accommodations
• Special Populations Updates
• Student Summary Report Webinar
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019 - 20

February 14, 2020

• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Parent Letters
• Office Hours Webinars Focusing on Special Populations, Accessibility, and Accommodations
• Summative Assessment Policy Manual   
• Student Letters to Encourage Participation in Rigorous Coursework
• Student Assessment Most Commonly Used Acronyms
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019 - 20

February 3, 2020

• 2018-19 Next Generation Accountability Results
• Summative Assessment Policy Manual   
• District Administrator Workshops Materials
• Office Hours Webinars Focusing on Special Populations, Accessibility, and Accommodations
• Advanced Placement Computer Science Female Diversity Award
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Student Assessment Most Commonly Used Acronyms
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019 - 20

January 16, 2020

• District Administrator Workshops
• Www.ctreports.com Closing on January 31, 2020
• PSIS and Summative Assessments
• Spring 2020 Testing Using the AIR Secure Browser and Test Delivery System
• AIR Acquired By Cambium Learning
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019 - 20

December 20, 2019

• 2019 Next Generation Science Standards Results 
• Spring 2020 Testing Using the AIR Secure Browser and Test Delivery System
• Www.ctreports.com Closing
• District Administrator Workshops and Connecticut SAT Test Coordinator Workshops
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019 - 20

December 13, 2019

• District Administrator Workshops and Connecticut SAT Test Coordinator Workshops
• EL Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Spring 2020 Testing Using the AIR Secure Browser and Test Delivery System
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019 - 20

November 26, 2019

• Connecticut Educators Participate in Smarter Balanced Meetings
• Letter of Justification for School Districts Exceeding the 1.0 Percent Threshold
• Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Completion
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Smarter Balanced Resources for Educators
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019-20

November 6, 2019

• Lexile and Quantile Workshops Offered
• Letter of Justification for School Districts Exceeding the 1.0 Percent Threshold
• 2018-19 NGSS Preliminary Results and Individual Student Reports
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019-20

October 18, 2019

• Smarter Balanced Content Explorer Launched
• Individual Student Reports and Summative Assessment Parent Page
• College Board Opportunity Scholarship and CT Supplemental Scholarship Fund
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• New Connections Playlists in the Digital Library
• Special Populations Updates
• Next Generation Science Standards Interim Assessments
• Lexile and Quantile Resources
• CSDE Comprehensive Assessment Program Password Reset for 2019-20
• 2018-19 NGSS Preliminary Results
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019-20

September 20, 2019

• 2019 Smarter Balanced Results on EdSight
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Next Generation Science Standards Interim Assessments
• Smarter Balanced Focused Interim Assessment Blocks
• Performance Matters Forum Registration Open
• The Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment Manual
• AP Exam Ordering and Fee Waivers
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019-20

September 4, 2019

• 2019 Connecticut SAT School Day Results on EdSight
• AP Exam Ordering and Fee Waivers
• Special Populations Updates
• Lexile and Quantile Measures on Smarter Balanced Reports
• Performance Matters Forum Registration Open
• Smarter Balanced Focused Interim Assessment Blocks
• October 2019 PSAT Updates
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019-20

August 14, 2019

• 2019 LAS Links Results on EdSight
• Lexile and Quantile Measures on Smarter Balanced Reports
• Performance Matters Forum – Save the Date and New Location
• Special Populations Updates
• Changes to AP for 2019-20
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019-20

June 20, 2019

• New! Summative Assessment Results for 2018 - 19
• New! 2019 Administration Appreciation and Feedback
• 2019 PSAT for Alliance/CTECS Districts and 2020 AP Fees for Students from Low-Income Families
• New! College Board Opportunity Scholarship Supplemental Funding
• Performance Matters Forum
• New! Special Populations Updates
• New! Monitoring Students Participating in Alternate Assessments
• New! Summative Assessment Calendar for 2019 - 20

June 3, 2019

• New! Performance Matters Forum – Save the Date and Call for Proposals
• Testing Window Closure and Tracking Participation
• New! Connecticut Report Card
• New! 2019 PSAT for Alliance/CTECS Districts and 2020 AP Fees for Students from Low-Income Families
• New! Summer Math Challenge
• New! Next Generation Accountability—Measuring Arts Access– Seeking Input
• Testing Demographics and Public School Information System
• New! Special Populations Updates

May 13, 2019

• New! Updates to Summative Assessments
• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates  
• New! Board of Regents Adopts Uniform Advanced Placement Policy
• New! Special Populations Updates

April 12, 2019

• New! Application to Participate in Standard Setting Meetings for NGSS and CTAS
• Office Hours for Smarter, NGSS, CTAA and CTAS
• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates  
• Testing Demographics and PSIS
• Parent Letters
• New! Special Populations Updates
• New! Text-to-Speech Function (TTS)
• New! Focused Interim Assessment Blocks

March 26, 2019

• New! CSDE’s New Monthly Newsletter: EducateCT
• New! Office Hours for Smarter, NGSS, CTAA and CTAS
• New! Advanced Placement Computer Science Female Diversity Award
• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates  
• Testing Demographics and PSIS
• New! Special Populations Updates
• New! NGSS Assessment Periodic Table
• New! Parent Letters

February 11, 2019

• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• New! Desmos Calculator
• New! Advanced Placement Updates
• CTAS Errata Sheet
• Testing Demographics and PSIS
• New! Special Populations Updates
• New! District Administrator Workshop Slides
• Assessment Calendar for 2018 - 19

January 15, 2019

• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• New! Smarter Balanced Educator Recruitment
• District Administrator Workshops
• New! Interim Assessment Update
• Testing Demographics and PSIS
• New! Test Administrator Training Course
• New! CTAS Errata Sheet
• New! Special Populations Updates
• New! Smarter Balanced Resources for Educators
• Assessment Calendar

December 20, 2018

• New! Testing Demographics and PSIS
• New! New Secure Browser Needed for MAC OS
• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• New! Connecticut Educators Participate in Smarter Balanced Review Meetings
• New! Special Populations Updates
• New! District Administrator Workshops
• Assessment Calendar

November 27, 2018

• New! District Administrator Workshops
• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• NGSS Interim Assessments
• New! Connecticut Summative Assessment Blueprints
• New! Connecticut Educators Participate in Smarter Balanced Review Meetings
• New! Special Populations Updates
• Assessment Calendar

November 2, 2018

• New! NGSS Interim Assessments
• New! 2017-18 Next Generation Accountability System Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• New! NGSS Overview
• New! October PSAT Results
• New! College Board Opportunity Scholarship
• New! New Resources and Processes for Advanced Placement for School Year 2019-20
• New! Advanced Placement Readers
• New! Special Populations Updates
• Assessment Calendar

October 12, 2018

• New! Overview of the Next Generation Science Assessments
• New! Focused IAB Survey
• New! Practice Tests Available
• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• New! Digital Library Playlists Updated
• New! Special Populations Updates
• Science Interim Assessment
• Assessment Calendar

September 21, 2018

• New! 2018 Smarter Balanced Results and Individual Student Reports
• New! Performance Office Staff Directory
• New! AP Scores Increase
• New! TIDE User Password Reset and Supporting Documents
• New! College Board AP Mini Conference
• New! Physical Fitness Assessment
• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• New! Special Populations Updates
• New! Interim Assessment Updates
• New! Student Data Privacy and Khan Academy
• New! Performance Matters Forum Resources
• New! Playlists: Time-Saving Tools for Teachers
• Updated Sample Items Web Site for Smarter Balanced
• Summative Assessment Calendar

August 21, 2018

• New! 2018 Connecticut SAT School Day Results on EdSight and EdSight Secure
• New! College Board Provides Unlimited SAT Score Sends for Low-Income Students
• New! NAEP Administrator Recruitment
• New! 2018 Smarter Balanced Results Resources Available
• New! Special Populations Updates
• New! Summative Assessment Updates
• New! Summary of Timely/Accurate Due Dates & Freeze Dates
• New! Updated Sample Items Web Site for Smarter Balanced
• New! Interim Assessment Updates
• Performance Matters Forum Registration Open
• 2018 PSAT for Alliance and CTECS Districts and 2019 AP Exam Fees for All Low Income Students
• New! Smarter Balanced Video Series and Media Resources
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2018-19  

July 19, 2018

• New! Summative Assessment Updates
• 2018 Administration Appreciation and Feedback
• New! Performance Matters Forum Registration Open
• 2018 PSAT for Alliance and CTECS Districts and 2019 AP Exam Fees for All Low Income Students
• English Learner Identification Policy Update, Ordering Process and Updates to ELACs
• Summative Assessment Calendar for 2018-19  

June 19, 2018

• New! Summative Assessment Results for 2017-18
• New! 2018 Administration Appreciation and Feedback
• New! Additional Connecticut Writing Portfolio Guides for the Assessment of Writing in Grades K-2
• New! Webinar: Introducing the Writing Portfolio Guides for Grades K-2
• New! SAVE THE DATE: Performance Matters Forum - Tuesday, September 11, 2018
• New! 2018 PSAT for Alliance and CTECS Districts and 2019 AP Exam Fees for All Low Income Students
• New! English Learner Identification Policy Update and Ordering Process
• New! Summative Assessment Calendar for 2018-19  

May 24, 2018

• New!  Summative Assessment Updates
• New!  Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• PSIS Data and Connecticut Summative Assessments
• Office Hours Webinars
• Special Populations Updates

May 10, 2018

• New!  Summative Assessment Updates
• New!  Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• New!  Text to Speech Function for English Language Arts CAT
• Special Populations Updates
• PSIS Data and Connecticut Summative Assessments
• Office Hours Webinars
• New! Interim Assessment Survey

April 20, 2018

• New! PSIS Data and Connecticut Summative Assessments
• New! NGSS Field Test Timing and Sessions
• New! Monitoring Test Progress
• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• State Assessment Window
• Office Hours Webinars

March 29, 2018

• New! State Assessment Windows
• New! Chrome Browser
• Advanced Placement Exam Updates
• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Student Assessment Office Hours
• New! Special Populations Updates
• Parent Letters
• New! Interim Assessment Webinars

March 19, 2018

• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• New! Advanced Placement Exam Updates
• New! NGSS Assessment Updates
• New! 2018 Parent Letters
• Student Assessment Office Hours
• New! Special Populations Updates
• Important Dates

February 26, 2018

• Student Assessment Office Hours
• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• New! NGSS Assessment Updates
• New! Special Populations Updates
• Important Dates

February 15, 2018

• New! Student Assessment Office Hours
• New! NGSS Assessment Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• New! Special Populations Updates
• New! Interim Assessment Workshop
• New! Interim Assessments
• New! Accountability Results Released
• Important Dates

February 2, 2018

• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Smarter Balanced Educator Recruitment
• New! Special Populations Updates
• New! Interim Assessment Workshop
• Accuracy of Demographic Status in the PSIS Registration Module for Statewide Summative Testing
• Important Dates

January 10, 2018

• New! Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• New! Smarter Balanced Educator Recruitment
• New! Special Populations Updates
• District Administrator Workshops
• Accuracy of Demographic Status in the PSIS Registration Module for Statewide Summative Testing
• Interim Assessment Hand Scoring Training
• New! New Resource to Support Understanding of Growth Metrics
• New! Updated Accountability Resource Available Now
• Important Dates

December 22, 2017

• Special Populations Updates
• AP Potential Letters
• District Administrator Workshops
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Accuracy of Demographic Status in the PSIS Registration Module for Statewide Summative Testing
• Interim Assessment Hand Scoring Training – New Dates Added
• Update of the Teacher Administering the Alternate Role in TIDE
• Important Dates

December 4, 2017

• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• District Administrator Workshops
• Accuracy of Demographic Status in the PSIS Registration Module for Statewide Summative Testing
• PSAT Results
• Special Populations Updates
• Interim Assessment Hand Scoring Training
• New! Update of the Teacher Administering the Alternate Role in TIDE
• Important Dates

November 27, 2017

• Connecticut SAT School Day Update
• Science Waiver Approved, Revised Summative Calendar and NGSS Field Test
• Writing Portfolio Guides for the Assessment of Writing in Grades K-2
• Special Populations Updates
• Interim Assessment Hand Scoring Training
• CMT/CAPT 2016-17 Science Results on EdSight
• Desmos Calculator on Smarter Balanced Assessments
• Important Dates

November 13, 2017

• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates CMT/CAPT 2016-17 Science Results on EdSight
• Writing Portfolio Guides for the Assessment of Writing in Grades K-2
• Science Waiver Approved, Revised Summative Calendar and NGSS Field Test
• Desmos Calculator on Smarter Balanced Assessments
• Special Populations Updates
• Assessment Calenda

October 30, 2017

• Science Waiver Update
• Interim Assessment Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Summative Assessment Updates
• 2017 – 18 Summative Assessment Calendar Connecticut SAT School Day Updates

October 11, 2017

• Educators Participate in Smarter Balanced Review Meetings Interim Assessment Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Summative Assessment Updates
• 2017 – 18 Summative Assessment Calendar

September 15, 2017

• 2017 Smarter Balanced Achievement and Growth Results Released
• Educators Participate in Smarter Balanced Review Meetings
• Summative Assessment Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Digital Library
• AP and PSAT Updates
• Interim Assessment Updates
• 2017 – 18 Summative Assessment Calendar

August 22, 2017

• 2017 Science and CTAA Results
• 2017-18 CSDE Usability, Accessibility and Accommodations Training and 2017-18 CSDE Alternate Assessment System Training
• 2017-18 Testing Designated Supports/Accommodations Form
• 2018 Summative Assessment Calendar
• Interim Assessment Update
• Summative Assessment Updates
• 2017 Connecticut SAT School Day Results on EdSight
• PSAT and AP Updates
• Connecticut’s Plan for Every Student Succeeds Act Receives Federal Approval 

August 4, 2017

• 2017 Connecticut SAT School Day Results on EdSight
• 2017 PSAT for Alliance Districts and 2018 AP for Low Income Students
• 2017-18 Testing Designated Supports/Accommodations Form
• Performance Matters Forum Registration Open
• 2018 Summative Assessment Calendar Summative Assessment Updates 

July 18, 2017

• Summative Assessment Updates
• Performance Matters Registration Open
• 2017 Administration Appreciation and Feedback
• NGSS Science Assessment
• 2017-18 Testing Designated Supports/Accommodation Form

June 15, 2017

• Summative Assessment Updates
• 2017 Administration Appreciation and Feedback
• Participation in Alternative Assessments
• NGSS Science Pilot Test English Learners

May 25, 2017

May 16, 2017 

April 24, 2017

• Summative Assessment Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Annual TIDE/PSIS Data Sync for TIDE Related Assessments
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Updates on English Learners
• Kindergarten Assessment Updates

April 5, 2017

• Summative Assessment Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Updates on English Learners
• Annual TIDE/PSIS Data Sync for TIDE Related Assessments

March 24, 2017

• Summative Assessment Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Annual TIDE/PSIS Data Sync for TIDE Related Assessments
• Updates on English Learners
• A Study of Device Effects on the Smarter Balanced Assessments in Connecticut
• Interim Assessment Updates

March 9, 2017

• Summative Assessment Updates
• Smarter Balanced Updates
• Annual TIDE/PSIS Data Sync for TIDE Related Assessments
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Updates on English Learners
• Next Generation Accountability Results Released

March 1, 2017

• Summative Assessment Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Interim Assessment Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Updates on English Learners
• Advanced Placement

February 14, 2017

• Summative Assessment Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Interim Assessment Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Advanced Placement
• Updates on English Learners
• Digital Library

February 3, 2017

• Summative Assessment Updates
• Interim Assessment Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Updates on English Learners
• 2016 - 17 Important Dates
• Digital Library

January 12,2017

• Summative Assessment Updates
• Interim Assessment Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Updates on English Learners
• Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Fees for Low Income Students
• Understanding the Smarter Balanced Growth Model Webinar

December 21, 2016

• Summative Assessment Updates
• PSIS and Summative Testing
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Updates
• Updates on English Learners
• Advanced Placement (AP) Exam Fees for Low Income Students

December 7, 2016

• Summative Assessment Updates
• PSIS and Summative Testing
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Updates
• Student Assessment Inventory
• Updates on English Learners
• CSDE Phone Service
• PSAT Results

November 23, 2016

• Special Populations Updates
• Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Student Assessment Inventory
• TIDE Test Settings and the Test Supports/Accommodations Form Webinar Available
• CSDE Phone Service
• PSAT Results
• English Language Proficiency Testing

November 14, 2016

• Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Updates
• TIDE Test Setting and the Test Supports/Accommodation Form Webinar
• CMT and CAPT Science Results
• English Language Proficiency Testing
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Updates
• Advanced Placement (AP) Readers
• Special Populations Updates

November 4, 2016

• Spotlight on Best Practices: Watertown High School
• Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Webinar Available
• CMT and CAPT Science Results
• Smarter Balanced Updates
• Special Populations Updates
• Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Updates
• Growth Model
• Advanced Placement (AP) Readers

October 20, 2016

• Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Webinars
• Connecticut SAT School Day Webinar
• Smarter Balanced Growth Model
• Smarter Balanced Updates
• Special Populations Updates

October 6, 2016

• Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment Webinars
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Smarter Balanced Updates
• Special Population Updates
• Connecticut State Department of Education Comprehensive Assessment Resources
• Suppression Guidelines
• Performance Office Newsletter

September 27, 2016

• Special Populations Updates
• Connecticut SAT School Day Updates
• Smarter Balanced Updates
• Suppression Guidelines
• Performance Office Newsletter
• Upcoming Smarter Balanced Webinars
• ORS Update
• TIDE Update
• Individual Student Reports for Smarter Balanced, Science, and Skills Checklist Science
• 2016-17 Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Training
• Connecticut State Department of Education Comprehensive Assessment Resources
• Smarter Balanced Digital Library (an optional resource for districts)

September 14, 2016

• Upcoming Smarter Balanced Webinars
• Technology Webinar
• TIDE Webinar
• Individual Student Reports for Smarter Balanced, Science, and Skills Checklist Science
• TIDE Update
• 2016-17 Connecticut State Department of Education Usability, Accessibility, and Accommodations Training
• Connecticut State Department of Education Comprehensive Assessment Resources
• Smarter Balanced Digital Library

September 6, 2016

• The Release of 2016 CMT/CAPT Science and Skills Checklist Science
• Smarter Balanced Digital Library