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Connecticut
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CSSS Member Information:

  Mary Anne Butler
Science Consultant, 9-12
Connecticut Dept. of Education
165 Capitol Ave.
Hartford, CT 06071

maryanne.butler@ct.gov
860-713-6737

  Elizabeth Buttner
K-8 Science Education Consultant
Connecticut Dept. of Education
165 Capitol Ave.
Hartford, CT 06145

elizabeth.buttner@ct.gov
860-713-6849

 
Connecticut State Dept. of Education: Science Frameworks
 
Organizational Structure: local control
State Education Demographics
  • Number of K-12 Students: 577,398
  • Number of School Administrative Units:
Standards Resources:  Curriculum and Instruction
Last updated:
State Science Assessment Information
  • Given at what grades: 5, 8, 10
  • Time of Year: March
  • Type of Assessment: Multiple Choice, Constructed Response, and Performance Assessment
  • First Operational Date: March 2008
  • Other information: Performance task is an extended, open-ended inquiry investigation related to a curriculum topic and completed during the school year.  State assessments include some questions that refer to the curriculum-embedded performance task to assess understandings about scientific inquiry.
  • Specific Assessment Web Page (pdf)
 

Other CSSS members from this state:

Associate Members  
Steve Weinberg, weinberg@ntplx.net  
  

 
 
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