Student Assessment

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• English Language Proficiency Assessment - LAS Links

• NGSS Assessments

  This pages provides information about Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Assessments delivered in Grades 5, 8 and 11.

• Connecticut Interim Assessments: Smarter Balanced and Next Generation Science

  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.

• Find Information about Smarter Balanced

  This page provides information about the Smarter Balanced Assessments administered in Grades 3 - 8 for ELA and Mathematics.

• Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment 

  This page provides information on The Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment that is administered to students in Grades 4, 6, 8 and in high school. This includes information on the Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment Individual Student Collection, which collects results of the assessment at the student level.

• Smarter Balanced Assessment

  This pages contains resources on the Smarter Balanced assessments.

• 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.

• International Assessments

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

• EdSight

  EdSight is CSDE’s data portal that provides detailed information about schools and districts and offers information on key performance measures that make up Connecticut’s Next Generation Accountability System.

• Program for International Student Assessment - PISA

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

• 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.

• Mastery Examination Committee

  This page provides information about the Mastery Examination Committee within the Department of Education.

• 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 Parent Guides