Connecticut State Department of Education

Teacher of the Year Ceremony
Due to inclement weather, the Teacher of the Year Ceremony has been postponed to December 16, 2025 from 5-7pm. Doors will open at 4pm. The Ceremony will take place at the Bushnell Theater in Hartford, and the order of events will remain the same.

Connecticut's Approved K-3 Reading Curriculum Models or Programs

The Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success offers the following research-based resources to support districts as they select, pilot, and implement a Connecticut-approved K-3 reading program, model, or compendium. The following K–3 curriculum models, programs, and compendiums are approved for use by Connecticut districts until June 30, 2027.

American Reading Company – ARC Core (K-3), (2017 edition)
Amplify Education Inc. – Core Knowledge Language Arts (2022 and 2026)
Benchmark Education - Benchmark Advance (2022)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt – Into Reading (Copyright date??)
Imagine Learning – EL Education Grades K-3 (2017)
McGraw Hill - Open Court Reading (2016 and 2023)
McGraw Hill Education – Wonders (2020 and 2023)
Open Up Resources – EL Education (2017 and 2025) [within EL Education, Skills Block K-2 (2017 or 2024)]
Savvas Learning Company – myView Literacy (2020 and 2025)
Great Minds - Wit and Wisdom (2016 or 2023) with Curriculum Associates’ Magnetic Reading Foundations (2023)
Great Minds - Wit and Wisdom (2016 or 2023) with
  • Great Minds - Geodes and/or Wilson - Fundations Readers;
  • Literacy Resources, LLC. - Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum; and
  • Wilson-Fundations (second edition)
Great Minds - Wit and Wisdom (2016 or 2023) with
  • Great Minds - Geodes ;
  • Literacy Resources, LLC. - Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum; and
  • University of Florida Literacy Institute - UFLI Foundations (2022)
Great Minds - Wit and Wisdom (2016 or 2023) with
  • Great Minds - Geodes;
  • Literacy Resources, LLC. - Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum; and
  • William H. Sadlier, Inc. - From Phonics to Reading by Wiley Blevins (2020)
Open Up Resources - Bookworms (2022) with Curriculum Associates’ Magnetic Reading Foundations (2023)
Open Up Resources-Bookworms (2022) with
  • Great Minds - Geodes and/or Wilson - Fundations Readers;
  • Literacy Resources, LLC. - Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum; and
  • Wilson - Fundations (second edition)
Open Up Resources - Bookworms (2022) with
  • Great Minds - Geodes;
  • Literacy Resources, LLC. - Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum; and
  • University of Florida Literacy Institute - UFLI Foundations
Open Up Resources - Bookworms (2022) with
  • Great Minds - Geodes;
  • Literacy Resources, LLC. - Heggerty Phonemic Awareness Curriculum; and
  • William H. Sadlier, Inc. - From Phonics to Reading by Wiley Blevins (2020)

Please note: Schoolwide, Inc. – Fundamentals of Reading, Writing, Grammar, Content Literacy, and Foundational Skills is under review. While it scored in the Meets Expectations range on the 25 indicators, it has not been reviewed by any other credible and comprehensive literacy review process.

On May 26, 2023, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) announced the ARPA-Right to Read Grant which deploys $20 million in the CSDE’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to local and regional boards of education during fiscal year (FY) 2023 and FY 2024 for the purpose of supporting scientifically based, evidence-based literacy teaching and learning in grades Kindergarten through third (K-3). For more information, please see the ARPA Right to Read Guidance.

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Melissa Wlodarczyk Hickey, Director of the Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success, at SDE.LiteracyCenter@ct.gov.