This year–as CCER began to expand its work to provide support to public school districts –we partnered with an urban school district serving more than 18,000 Connecticut students. Our plan…

This year–as CCER began to expand its work to provide support to public school districts–we partnered with an urban school district serving more than 18,000 Connecticut students. Our plan was to…

New Haven–In an online newsletter today, the Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER) announced that it has expanded its core work to include providing school districts with supports to raise…

CCER’s mission is to close the achievement gap while raising academic outcomes for all public school students in Connecticut. Over the past two years we’ve advocated for policies aimed at…

Yesterday, the Connecticut State Department of Education released annual scorecards for Connecticut’s schools and districts. These scorecards are part of a new accountability system that is being fully implemented for…

Bloomfield, CT – With the recent release of the 2013 District and School Performance Index by the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE), the district has further evidence that the…

By Christina Slater Yesterday’s release of the 2012 Program for International Assessment (PISA) scores prompted many education advocates to analyze U.S. academic performance on an international scale. PIE Network members in Connecticut,…

New Haven, Conn.–Today, the Connecticut State Department of Education released its annual scorecard for schools and districts in Connecticut. This is the first year this new accountability system is fully…

Yesterday, the 2012 results from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) were released. PISA, which is coordinated by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, is administered every three years…

Lately, we’ve been looking at policy in action in each of our 6 recommendation areas. We’ve already explored the use of longitudinal data systems to drive accountability, heard a teacher’s perspective on the Common Core, and learned about…

New Haven, Conn- The Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER) today released the following statement in response to the 2013 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results: Yesterday’s release of…

We’ve been looking at policy in action in each of our 6 recommendation areas. We’ve already looked at the use of longitudinal data systems to drive accountability, and a teacher’s perspective on the Common Core. We’ve heard about turn…