Connecticut State Department of Education

K-12 Education

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  • Connecticut Labor and Working Class History

    Lesson plans, resources, and materials for teachers about the history of labor and business in Connecticut.

  • About the Collection: Assessment Accommodations

    As a result of the administration of the Connecticut Statewide Summative Assessments, there are several data collections that are used to collect Accommodation information for the Smarter Balanced Assessments, the NGSS Science Test and the Connecticut SAT School Day.

  • NGSS Assessments

    This pages provides information about Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Assessments delivered in Grades 5, 8 and 11.

  • About the Collection: ED165 - Connecticut School Data Report 

    The ED165: Connecticut School Data Report is used to collect a wide variety of data elements at the school-level for state and federal reporting.

  • The Connecticut Alternate Assessment System (CTAA, CTAS, and CAAELP)  

    This page contains information on Connecticut's Alternate Assessment System for students with significant cognitive disabilities. This includes The Connecticut Alternate NGSS Science Assessments in Grades 5, 8 and 11; and Connecticut Alternate Assessment (CTAA) for English language arts/literacy and Mathematics for Eligible Students in Grades 3-8 and 11.

  • Connecticut Technical Education and Career System

    The mission of the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System (CTECS) is to provide a world-class, unique and rigorous learning environment for high schools students and adult learners that ensures both student academic success and trade/technology mastery and instills a zest for lifelong learning.

  • Afterschool Programs

    Afterschool programs provide academic enrichment (such as hands-on science or technology programs) and activities to support student learning and development.

  • Family Resource Centers

    The Connecticut Family Resource Center concept promotes comprehensive, integrated, community-based systems of family support and child development services located in public school buildings.

  • Food Distribution Program (USDA Foods)

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Distribution Program coordinates the distribution of USDA Foods to many of the public and private schools that provide meals to students through the USDA Child Nutrition Programs.

  • CACFP At-risk Afterschool Care Centers

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's CACFP in at-risk afterschool care centers provides cash assistance for nutritious snacks and meals served at no charge to students ages 18 and younger in afterschool programs.

  • Magnet Schools

    School Choice programs and interdistrict magnet schools are designed to attract students from different school districts to learn together in settings that offer unique, high-quality, themed educational opportunities.

  • Guidelines for Alternative Education Settings

    These guidelines are designed to support the operation of alternative education settings (schools or programs) offered by local and regional boards of education. The purpose of the guidelines is to ensure improved program designs and greater outcomes for students in alternative education settings.

  • Attendance Awareness Campaign

    Attendance Awareness Campaign

  • CT Core Standards

    The Connecticut Core Standards, adopted by the State Board of Education in 2010, provide teachers, students, and families with clear expectations of what a student should know and be able to do at each grade level.

  • Reading Leadership Implementation Council

    The Reading Leadership Implementation Council shall develop and publish annual goals for the Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success.