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The Connecticut State Board of Education is committed to ensuring that all of the state’s preschool-age children, including children with disabilities, are afforded an opportunity to participate in a high-quality preschool education. Such an experience fosters a child’s overall development, including literacy and readiness for the public school kindergarten curriculum. The Board’s focus on preschool education is a cornerstone of the state’s school reform efforts, with attention to high expectations and the assurance that preschool-age children will demonstrate performance and proficiency at each age and stage of development and will enter school ready to learn.

• Head Start 
• Early Childhood Education Cabinet
• Early Childhood Special Education  
• School Readiness 

 Publications Related to Early Childhood Education

• An Introductory Brochure on Supporting All Students [PDF]
• A Guide for Preschool Programs [PDF]  
• Embedded Strategies Manual [PDF]  
• Sample EC SRBI planning forms [DOC] 

• Early Childhood Guide [PDF]
• Connecticut Preschool Framework [PDF]
• Connecticut Preschool Assessment Framework [PDF]   Flip Chart [PDF]   Appendices (includes blank forms from the Assessment Framework) [DOC]
• Connecticut Standards for Early Learning [PDF] 
• Connecticut Preschool Learning Standards Crosswalk [PDF] 
• Common Core State Standards Preschool to Kindergarten Continuum
  • Preschool to Kindergarten Mathematics Continuum [PDF]   
  • English Language
• Connecticut Content Area Curriculum Standards and Grade Level Expectations for Prekindergarten
  • DRAFT PreK-12 Social Studies Curriculum Standards - PDF
  • PK-8 Science Curriculum Standards-PDF
• Healthy and Balanced Living Curriculum Framework for Physical Education

• Training Wheels: The Cycle of Intentional Teaching Using Connecticut’s Preschool Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks [PDF] 
• Meeting School Readiness Requirement for Accreditation by NAEYC [PDF] 
• Developmental Screenings [PDF] 
• Quality Systems Crosswalk Report [PDF]  
• SBE Position Statement on Early Childhood Education [PDF]
• SBE Position Statement on Infants, Toddlers and their Parents [PDF]
• Closing the Achievement Gaps: Removing the Barriers to Preschool in Connecticut [PDF]
• Young Parents Program [PDF]
• Project Stars: Early Childhood Educator Professional Development Initiative [PDF]
• Early Literacy Concept Paper [PDF]
• Action Guide for Child Care Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies   
• Blueprint for Action: Implementing the Early Childhood Agenda [PDF]

 Links/Resources

• Connecticut Birth to Three System
• Connecticut Education and Data Research (CEDaR)  
• Connecticut Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC)
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)  
• Council for Exceptional Children – Division for Early Childhood (DEC)
• Kindergarten Inventory
• State Education Resource Center (SERC)

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