K-12 Education

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• About the Collection: TCS

  The Teacher-Course-Student (TCS) application collects student, teacher and course data. Analyses of TCS data can greatly inform school and district strategists to increase the college and career readiness of all learners. This data allows districts to make informed decisions about the current state of instruction and learning as well as the ways in which both can be improved, monitored and shared.

• About the Collection: K-3 Reading Initiative

  Administration of a reading assessment is mandated for all Connecticut Priority School Districts (PSDs).

• About the Collection: Evaluation Timelines

  Evaluation Timelines collects data that are used to monitor compliance to the federal timeline regarding initial evaluations and eligibility determination for special education and related services.

• About the Collection: Assessment Accommodations

  As a result of the administration of the Connecticut Statewide Summative Assessments, there are several data collections that are used to collect Accommodation information for the Smarter Balanced Assessments, the NGSS Science Test and the Connecticut SAT School Day.

• About the Collection: ED165

  The ED165: Connecticut School Data Report is used to collect a wide variety of data elements at the school-level for state and federal reporting. Some types of data that are included on the ED165 are: Truancy, Pre-kindergarten experience, Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment results, Teacher attendance, and the School Calendar.

• About the Collection: Learner Characteristics Inventory (LCI) - Alternate Assessments

  The Performance Office requests that districts document eligibility and registration for student participation in Alternate Assessments. This is done by completing the Learner Characteristics Inventory through the AIR Connecticut Comprehensive Portal – Data Entry Interface (DEI).

• About the Collection: Appeals Entry

  The collection of appeals for the Smarter Balanced Assessment, NGSS Science (including the Connecticut Alternate Science) and the Connecticut Alternate Assessment.

• About the Collection: Noncertified Staff

  CSDE uses the Noncertified Staff application to collect para-professional full-time equivalent (FTE) data in nine instructional and eleven non-instructional categories.

• Documentation

  Documentation for the KEI Collection.

• About the Application: PPR Narratives

  The Profile and Performance Report (PPR) Narratives are collected from all public school districts and are designed to collect information about school district policies and activities in several areas.

• About the Collection: PSIS

  The Connecticut State Department of Education uses the Public School Information System (PSIS) to collect data regarding student enrollment throughout the state of Connecticut.

• Application Information - CSDE Data Collections

  This site provides in-depth information about each collection managed by the Performance Office of the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE).

• FAQ

  FAQ pertaining to Performance Office data collections.

• Data Collection Applications

  List of Performance Office Data Collection Applications with link to Help Sites.

• Timely and Accurate Information

  Timely and Accurate information for Performance Office Data Collections.