By Ann Marie Mulready, Ph.D. For literacy professionals, the most important development at the Connecticut State Board of Education (CSBE/SBE) this year is the K-3 State-wide Reading Plan. The plan is required by Public Act 12-116, An Act Concerning Education Reform,…
Connecticut Association For Reading Research Summary Report of the Connecticut State Board of Education Meeting (CSBE) August 9, 2012
Dr. Ann Marie Mulready The Connecticut State Board of Education convened a special meeting to approve plans for the four turnaround schools in the Commissioner’s Network—Curiale School in Bridgeport, the Academy at Milner School in Hartford, High School in the…
From Past Influences to Present Implementation to Future Implications: How SRBI Promises to Change the Way We Help Struggling Students
Principal Investigators: Dr. Diana Sisson and Dr. Betsy Sisson Connecticut Association for Reading Research Introduction Connecticut’s Scientific Research-Based Interventions (SRBI) stems from the national model of Response to Intervention (RtI) which is the culmination of over three decades of federal…
Connecticut State Department of Education Initiatives
Kristina Elias and Joseph Gambini CDSE Reading/Language Consultants The State Department of Educations has had a number of new initiatives this year. In September, the Third Generation of the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) was given for the first time. Teachers…