K-12 Education

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• Academic Office

  Home page of the State Department of Education's Academic Office

• Mathematics

  Every student needs and deserves a rich and rigorous mathematics curriculum that is focused on the development of concepts, the acquisition of basic and advanced skills and the integration of problem solving experiences.

• Peer Learning Opportunities

• 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.

• 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.