Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-14t
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Sec. 10-14t. Compilation of and guidance re reading assessments for students in kindergarten to grade three. Data center.
Official statutory text
(b) On or before January 1, 2023, the department shall provide guidance to local and regional boards of education for administering the approved reading assessments, including, but not limited to, (1) specifying the appropriate grade levels for each reading assessment; (2) allowing approved reading assessments to be combined to ensure each ability specified in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section is measured during each school year using one or more reading assessments appropriate for a student's grade level; (3) advising how each board's goals, student body characteristics and resources should inform the choice of reading assessments used by such board; (4) advising how aggregate data derived from reading assessments should guide each board's prevention and early intervention initiatives; and (5) requiring the administration of approved reading assessments in both English and a student's native language, if available, for any student being instructed in literacy in his or her native language.
(c) Not later than February 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Education shall submit the reading assessments and guidance developed or approved under this section to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a .
(d) The Department of Education may, in partnership with a public institution of higher education, establish a data center to guide the department and local and regional boards of education in the use and effectiveness of reading assessments. Such data center may include, but need not be limited to, tracking (1) which reading assessments are used by each regional or local board of education, and (2) student information, disaggregated by categories including, but not limited to, a student's demographic background, school district, reading assessment dates and scores on reading assessments, provided such disaggregation keeps such student information personally nonidentifiable.
(c) Not later than February 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Education shall submit the reading assessments and guidance developed or approved under this section to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a .
(d) The Department of Education may, in partnership with a public institution of higher education, establish a data center to guide the department and local and regional boards of education in the use and effectiveness of reading assessments. Such data center may include, but need not be limited to, tracking (1) which reading assessments are used by each regional or local board of education, and (2) student information, disaggregated by categories including, but not limited to, a student's demographic background, school district, reading assessment dates and scores on reading assessments, provided such disaggregation keeps such student information personally nonidentifiable.
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