Since Governor Malloy released Senate Bill 24, we have noticed a lot of anxiety over the idea that teacher evaluations will be partly informed by standardized tests.  S.B. 24 relies…

“Let’s be honest with ourselves, and let’s speak bluntly: many parts of our system of public education are broken.” – Gov. Malloy introduces the topic of education in his State…

Recently, the Connecticut Council for Education Reform (CCER) highlighted Massachusetts’ five-tiered Framework for District and School Accountability, and explained why it might be a useful model for Connecticut.  Given the…

Did you know research has shown that teacher quality is the most important factor in the academic achievement of students?  Or that in 2010, the CT State Department of Education…

The final State Board of Education superpower that we’ll look at for this week is the ability to require that student growth be given significant weight in teacher and principal…

By: Dr. Joseph Cirasuolo, Executive Director of Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents It has taken some time, but, the Connecticut education community has begun to accept the notion that real and fundamental…