Connecticut State Department of Education

K-12 Education

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  • 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.

  • Connecticut Writing Portfolio

    The Writing Portfolio Guides for Grades K-2 include materials that can be used by teachers to complement the instruction of writing over the course of the school year.

  • Title IX - Gender Equity and Sexual Harassment

    Civil Rights Violations, Title IX, Gender Equity, Sexual Harassment

  • Office of Student Supports and Organizational Effectiveness

    Home page of the State Department of Education's Office of Student Supports and Organizational Effectiveness

  • CACFP Adult Day Care Centers

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's CACFP in public or private nonresidential day care centers provides cash assistance for nutritious meals and snacks served to adults who are at least 60 years of age, or functionally impaired adults of any age who reside in the community.

  • Attendance Awareness Campaign

    Attendance Awareness Campaign

  • Request for Proposals

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

  • Special Milk Program (SMP)

    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.

  • Connecticut Sensible Assessment System

    This page contains information and links about state summative assessments administered by the Connecticut State Department of Education

  • NAEP

    This page provides information about the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). NAEP is the nation’s only ongoing representative sample survey of student achievement in core subject areas.

  • Seamless Summer Option (SSO) of the NSLP

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture's SSO combines features of the NSLP, SBP, and SFSP to reduce paperwork and administrative burden, making it easier for schools to feed children from low-income areas during the traditional summer vacation periods.

  • Connecticut English Language Proficiency (CELP) Standards Training of Trainers

    Resources for the CELP Training of Trainers sessions on how to use them in planning and practice.

  • What is School Choice?

    The term “school choice” means parents have an additional opportunity to choose the schools their child will attend for an elementary and secondary education. Based on both state and federal laws, Connecticut public school choice programs are an opportunity to raise student achievement and to “reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation” as described in the 1997 Enhancing Education Choices and Opportunities Act (Public Act 97-290).

  • Comprehensive School Health Education

    Guidance and resources for developing, implementing, and evaluating a planned, sequential school health education program.

  • Resources for Students, Parents, and Communities

    In a Mastery-Based Learning environment, students demonstrate mastery based on competencies and performance standards built from the Connecticut Core Standards and Connecticut Content Standards (social studies, arts, science, and career and technical education).