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• About CSDE

  Connecticut State Department of Education

• iFrame Page

• ESSA Student Transition Resources – PreK to Kindergarten

  Practical, user-friendly resources that will promote bridge building between early childhood and elementary school domains and better support our youngest students and their families during this critical transition point.

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• Additional Communications Tools

  Brochures, handouts, and presentations about how Mastery-Based Learning meets the needs of students and how it is different from traditional education

• What is Mastery-Based Learning?

  Connecticut students can learn through student-centered pathways that ensure college and career readiness.

• Communication - Mastery-Based Learning

  A variety of communications toolkits are available to assist schools and school districts in explaining the changes necessary to implement Mastery-Based Learning.

• Elements of Mastery-Based Learning

  The elements of Mastery-Based Learning.

• What Are Flexible Pathways for Learning?

  Personalized learning pathways empower students to pursue their passions while encouraging them to take more responsibility for their education. Students work with their teachers to blend a variety of educational experiences that satisfy graduation competencies and meet state-required standards, such as career-and-technical, college-level, and online courses, in addition to internships, apprenticeships, and volunteer opportunities that are intentionally designed to integrate with a student’s academic learning.

• Formative Assessment - Mastery-Based Learning

  The goal of formative assessment is to monitor student learning to provide ongoing feedback that can be used by instructors to improve their teaching and by students to improve their learning.

• Guidelines for Implementing Mastery-Based Learning

  In accordance with the Connecticut General Statutes (C.G.S.) Section 10-221a(f)(3) passed by the Connecticut State Legislature, the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) is required to create and distribute guidance to support educators in schools and districts interested in implementing a mastery-based system as follows.

• Issues in Grading - Mastery-Based Learning

  Issues in grading and their implications.

• Spotlight on Connecticut

  Most of the following Connecticut schools and districts are members of the League of Innovative Schools (LIS) and are engaged in Mastery-Based Learning. LIS is a regional professional learning community for secondary schools committed to educational equity, student-centered learning and ongoing improvement.

• Student Success Plan - Mastery-Based Learning

  A student success plan, also called a personalized learning plan, means a plan developed on behalf of a student by the student, a representative of the school, and, if the student is a minor, the student’s parents or a legal guardian, and updated at least annually.

• Student Voice and Choice - Mastery-Based Learning

  In education, student voice refers to the values, opinions, beliefs, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds of individual students and groups of students in a school, and to instructional approaches and techniques that are based on student choices, interests, passions, and ambitions.