Documents/Forms

The Connecticut Smarter Balanced Assessment  

• Grade 5 Sample Individual Student Report

• Smarter Balanced Parent Guides

• Smarter Balanced Individual Student Report Video - (PDF)

• Smarter Balanced Spanish Individual Student Report Video - (PDF)

• Connecticut Smarter Balanced Interpretive Guide 

• Smarter Balanced Practice Test

• Smarter Balanced Results Resources Page

The Next Generation Science Standards(NGSS) Assessment 

• Grade 5 Sample NGSS Individual Student Report 
• NGSS Practice Test
• NGSS Parent Guides 

The Connecticut SAT School Day 

• Understanding SAT Scores for Students and Parents
• Student Guide
• Khan Academy SAT Practice: http://satpractice.org 
• College Board SAT webpage

The Connecticut Alternate Assessment (CTAA and CTAS) 

• Grade 5 Sample CTAA Individual Student Report 
• Grade 5 Sample CTAS Individual Student Report 
• Parent Overview of Connecticut’s Alternate Assessment System
• CTAA Practice Test

The Connecticut Alternate Assessment of English Language Proficiency (CAAELP)

• Parent Overview of Connecticut’s Alternate Assessment System
• Parent Guides to the CAAELP Individual Student Reports - English, Vietnamese, Marshallese, Chinese, Karen, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, and Spanish

Other Parent Resources  

• EdSight - Connecticut's Data Reporting Web site
• Connecticut Report Cards - The Reports Card are user-friendly visual report cards for schools, districts and the state.  
• Learning Heroes Tips for Parents on State Tests
• Learning Heroes Readiness Check
• Colorin Colorado - A bilingual site for educators and families of English language learners.  
  • Preparing Your Child for Testing
  • Parent Tips: Helping Your Child with Test-taking
  • Parent Tips: How to Help Your Child Prepare for Standardized Tests
  • Testing: An Introduction for Parents
  • Parents' Guide to Standardized Testing