Academics

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• Early Reading Resources

• Foundations of Reading Survey

  This webpage provides information for district administrators and teachers about the implementation and administration of the reading survey, as mandated in Section 13 of Public Act 13-245.

• Literacy/English Language Arts

  Curriculum and Instruction, Surveys, and Assessments for English Language Arts.

• Comprehensive School Health Education

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

• 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.

• Commissioner's Summer Math Challenge

  The Commissioner's Summer Math Challenge stresses the importance of maintaining math skills during the summer.

• Homeschooling in Connecticut

  Homeschooling as an Option to Public School Education

• Social Studies Standards and Resources

  Social studies is the integration of knowledge and human experience for the purpose of citizenship.

• 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.

• Science Standards and Resources

  A foundation in scientific literacy prepares students to be confident and capable lifelong learners who are equipped with the skills needed to access, understand, evaluate and apply information in various contexts.

• Identifying gifted and talented children in CT

  Information for Parents, Educators, and Administrators for gifted and talented children.

• Bilingual Education Programs

  Statutory requirements for educating English Language Learners (ELLs) not served in required programs of bilingual education.

• 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.

• English learner/Multilingual learner (EL/ML)

  English learner/Multilingual learner main page with position statement, Guidelines for Administrators, Seal of Biliteracy information and additional resources.

• Connecticut Reads

  Summer reading resources.