The Connecticut Council for Education Reform, a non-profit organization composed of business and civic leaders, recently offered some recommendations designed to help close the state’s education achievement gap while raising academic outcomes for all students in Connecticut.
The council is recommending:
- Teacher and leader employment and retention policies that attract the highest quality professionals and insist upon effectiveness as defined by their ability to demonstrate improvement in student performance, not seniority, as the measure of success defined by redesigned evaluation systems.
- A system of high-quality academic interventions for every K-12 student who is behind in reading and math, which may include summer school or extended learning time, and a high school graduation assessment to ensure that a high school diploma reflects levels of competence.
- A state strategy for addressing turnaround schools and districts, which includes specific recommendations for increasing authority, accountability, parental choice and funding that follows the child.
- A chart of common accounts for accountability of state funds to determine the effective use of funds to improve student performance.
- A multi-year phase-in process to provide sufficient funding for all low-income three and four year olds to attend a high-quality preschool program.
Media report:
Connecticut Mirror: Do education grants work? State rarely checks (26 JAN 12)
Background information:
Connecticut Council for Education Reform
Executive Summary: Connecticut Commission on Educational Achievement 2012 Report
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