Training
2024-25 Training
- District Administrator Summative Assessment Training (Recorded Webinar) - January 2025
- Ensuring Appropriate Student Identification and Eligibility Criteria for Participation in the Connecticut Alternate Assessment (Recorded Training) - October 30, 2024
- CT SEDS Office Hours - January 21, 2025
- CT-SEDS Office Hours - Ten “Do Now's” for Accommodation Planning on Statewide Assessments - Spring 2025
- Student Assessment Scrum - April 24, 2025
- Student Assessment Scrum - April 10, 2025
- Student Assessment Scrum - April 3, 2025
- Student Assessment Scrum - March 27, 2025
- CAAELP Office Hours (Recorded Training) - November 7, 2024
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Best Practices for Determining Accommodations for Statewide Assessments (Recorded Training) - December 12, 2023
Other Summative Assessment Training
- LAS Links Training
- Connecticut SAT School Day Training
- Connecticut Physical Fitness Assessment Training
Sensible Assessment Community of Practice Meetings
2025 Series
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May 1, 2025 Sensible Assessment Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers - Back to Basics |
Smarter Balanced Tools for Teachers is a free online collection of instructional and professional learning formative assessment resources aligned with the Common Core State Standards for English language arts/literacy and mathematics. Tools for Teachers offers instructional resources that provide subject- and grade-specific content based on learning standards. Each resource is vetted by trained educators using quality criteria and includes recommended instructional strategies for meeting diverse student needs. Please register for this webinar and join usfor a “back to basics” overview of Tools for Teachers and suggestions for future use of the tool to improve student achievement. |
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May 28, 2025 Sensible Assessment Individual Student Report Electronic Distribution |
Beginning in 2027, the CSDE Performance Office will be distributing student score reports for Smarter Balanced, NGSS, and the Connecticut Alternate Assessments exclusively in a PDF format (not in paper format) so districts can then distribute them electronically. The Performance Office has been distributing these student score reports in PDF for several years and some districts have been distributing reports to parents electronically via tools such as ParentSquare, SchoolMessenger,PowerSchool Parent Portal, Infinite Campus Digital Backpack, and Conductor Plus.Would your district like to learn from districts that are using these tools to distribute the reports electronically?Please register for this webinar and join usas several districts outline how they distribute reports electronically using these tools. |
2024 Series
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January 31, 2024 Non-Standard Uses of Smarter Balanced/NGSS Interim Assessments and District Sharing (Recorded Version) |
This virtual meeting will provide an overview of some of the non-standard uses of the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments. There will be a demonstration of the various ways the interim assessments can be used other than just formally administering them to students and analyzing results. Connecticut educators will share their experiences implementing interims in non-standard ways. |
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February 28, 2024 |
In this virtual meeting, participants will learn about Tools for Teachers (T4T), a free, online collection of resources aligned with the Connecticut Core Standards in Mathematics and English Language Arts. These resources support K–12 teachers in their use of the formative assessment process to adjust teaching and improve learning for all students. Connecticut educators will share their experiences and suggestions related to T4T. |
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March 27, 2024 |
This virtual meeting will provide an update on the new item clusters and stand-alone items added to the NGSS Interims in December 2023. Additionally, participants will review resources and updated information to support the use of the NGSS Interims. Connecticut educators will share strategies that incorporate the NGSS Interim Assessments as tools to inform curriculum and instruction. |
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April 24, 2024 Smarter Balanced Interims and District Sharing (Recorded Version) |
This virtual meeting will review some of the resources and updated information available for the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments. Connecticut educators will share strategies that incorporate the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments as tools to inform curriculum and instruction. |
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May 29, 2024 Using Smarter Balanced/NGSS Interim Results and District Sharing (Recorded Version) |
This virtual meeting will present an overview of some of the ways that Smarter Balanced/NGSS Interim Assessment results can be analyzed using the Centralized Reporting System. Connecticut educators will share their experiences and provide tips on analyzing Smarter Balanced/NGSS Interim results using the Centralized Reporting System. |