Connecticut State Department of Education

K-12 Education

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  • Request for Proposals

    View a listing of Request for Proposals from 2008 to current year.

  • School Nurse Bulletin

    The Connecticut State Department of Education's monthly communication tool to keep school nurses informed and involved.

  • Connecticut Reads

    Summer reading resources.

  • Health Services Program Information Survey Reports

    Results of a yearly survey on school health services in Connecticut’s public schools.

  • Youth Service Bureaus

    Local communities began to develop youth service bureaus in the 1960's as a response to a growing number of issues affecting youth. The role of Youth Service Bureaus (YSBs) has been broadened to include both advocacy and coordination of a comprehensive service delivery system for youth.

  • Performance Matters Forum 2019

    The Performance Matters Forum is a half-day conference that offers sessions highlighting best practices focused in five topic areas.

  • Smarter Balanced Assessment

    This pages contains resources on the Smarter Balanced assessments.

  • Data Collection Forms and Instructions

    This section has forms and instructions pertaining to online data collection applications pertaining to the Bureau of Fiscal Services.

  • Field Trips: Guidance for School Nurses

    These guidelines provide school nurses and school districts with information, resources, and guidance needed to develop safe plans for the health care needs all students on field trips. School nurses should use these guidelines in conjunction with their individual school district policies and procedures.

  • Education Cost Sharing Grant (ECS)/MBR

    The Education Cost Sharing (ECS) grant has been in existence since 1989-90. It continues to be Connecticut's primary education equalization aid program and accounts for well over 50 percent of the total state contribution to public elementary and secondary education.

  • Education Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Lead Poisoning in Children

    These guidelines address lead prevention; early identification of students exposed and affected by lead; and educational programming in response to lead exposure in order to mitigate existing or potential deficits.

  • Young Parents Program

    A Young Parents Program (YPP) provides day care services for the infants/toddlers of students who are enrolled in and attending a comprehensive high school program leading to graduation from high school.

  • Connecticut Interim Assessments: Smarter Balanced and Next Generation Science

    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.

  • Performance Office

    Home page of the State Department of Education's Performance Office.

  • National Blue Ribbon Schools

    Annually, the U.S. Department of Education identifies National Blue Ribbon Schools based on nominations from state education agencies.