K-12 Education

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• Commissioner's Network

  Press Releases, Commissioner's Network

• Application Information - CSDE Data Collections and Deadlines

  This site provides in-depth information about each collection managed by the Performance Office of the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE).

• Research Library

  The CSDE is committed to continuously learning from data and experience to implement evidence-based educational policies and practices that result in improved student outcomes.

• Standards for Educational Opportunities for Students Who Have Been Expelled

  Connecticut law requires LEAs to offer an “alternative educational opportunity” to students who have been expelled in certain circumstances and further provides that LEAs may offer such an opportunity to any expelled student.

• Student Assessment News

  The Student Assessment News is a publication by the Performance Office that provides information about the NGSS Science Test (including CTAS), The Smarter Balanced Assessment, The Connecticut SAT School Day, The Connecticut Alternate Assessment and the English Language Proficiency Assessment.

• Kindergarten Inventory

  This page provides information about The Fall Kindergarten Entrance Inventory.

• Special Education

  The Special Education Excess Cost Data Collection system is used to collect LEA Excess Cost and State Agency Placement Grant data from school districts.

• International Assessments

  This page provides information about the full range of international assessments that are administered in Connecticut schools periodically.

• Connecticut Standards for Remote Learning Grades 9-12

  These standards are designed to assist local and regional boards of education in the development of their local remote learning programs.

• Red, White & Blue Schools

  The Red, White & Blue Schools program is a civic engagement initiative led by Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and the State Department of Education.

• Schools of Distinction 2015-2016

  The CSDE is recognizing 116 Schools of Distinction according to the following criteria: 1) Highest Performing, 2) Highest Growth, and 3) Greatest Improvers.

• Certifying Data

  Certification information on Performance Office Data Collection Applications.

• Logging In

  Information on how to log into Performance Office Data Collection Applications.

• Documentation

  Documentation for the KEI Collection.

• Act_21-46_Resources_for_Families_and_Students

  An Act Concerning Social Equity and the Health, Safety, and Education of Children.