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• Performance Office

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

• Program for International Student Assessment - PISA

  This page contains information about The Program for International Student Assessment - PISA.

• 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.

• 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.

• SIF Help Site

  This site is dedicated to helping you with SIF.

• Smarter Balanced Assessment

  This pages contains resources on the Smarter Balanced assessments.

• Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments

  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.

• Smarter Balanced Parent Guides

• Smarter Balanced Results Resources

  This page provides a toolkit of materials available for districts and members of the public to help interpret Smarter Balanced Assessment results.

• Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers

  This page provides information about the Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers. The Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers is a searchable, interactive online collection of instructional and professional learning resources developed by educators for educators.

• Special Education Data Collections Help Site

  This site is dedicated to helping you understand all the data elements and important processes within each of the data collections associated with special education data.

• Special Populations on the State Summative Assessments

  This page provides information on the Designated Supports and Accommodations that are available for State Summative Assessments in Connecticut.

• 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.

• The Connecticut Alternate Assessment System: CTAA for English Language Arts and Mathematics, and CTAS for Science  

  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.

• Timely and Accurate Information

  Timely and Accurate information for Performance Office Data Collections.