Villar said CCER’s primary focus is closing the achievement gap between student subgroups in Connecticut. “Connecticut continues to have the most consistent and largest achievement gap in the country,” he…

As the cost of educating students with disabilities continues to rise, Connecticut’s local municipalities are struggling both to meet federal mandates and to balance their annual budgets. General education costs…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Nicki Perkins EMAIL: Nicki.perkins@ctedreform.org PHONE: (203) 506-5799 Hartford, Connecticut – Today, March 9, 2016, the Performance Evaluation Advisory Council (PEAC) voted to recommend to the State Board of Education…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:Byron McCauley EMAIL: Byron.McCauley@conncan.org PHONE: (513) 504-8915   Today, the Connecticut General Assembly Joint Committee on Education will hold a public hearing on SB 380, AN ACT CONCERNING…

  The coalition believes ongoing and effective evaluations are an essential tool to help both teachers and principals to identify their strengths, areas of growth and professional development. The coalition opposes…

The release of Connecticut’s teacher evaluation results in a school-funding trial has revealed that only 1 percent of teachers were evaluated as either “below standard” or “developing.” Recently, a CT Mirror story…

  While most educators have supported the switch to the SAT, Jeffrey Villar, former superintendent in Windsor and now executive director for the Connecticut Council for Education Reform has reservations….

Jeffrey Villar, executive director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, praised Malloy and the state Department of Education for an effort to ‘fine-tune the delivery’ of the Smarter Balanced…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Nicki Perkins EMAIL: Nicki.Perkins@ctedreform.org PHONE: 203-506-5799 Refinements to SBAC Mean More Learning Time New Haven, Connecticut – Today, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) and Governor Dannel…

“Given that Connecticut is federally required to use an annual assessment that meets vigorous external validation, it just doesn’t make financial sense to abandon the SBAC after all the work…

Jeffrey Villar, the former superintendent of Windsor and now executive director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform, said he is concerned about the equity of using the SAT as…

In December, we acknowledged the Meriden Public Schools for its innovative use of data to drive decision-making. When a district integrates regular data analysis into its teaching and leadership practices,…