In the Summer of 2008, two students set out to explore how Hartford residents felt about the state of education in their city. Here is what they discovered.
ConnCAN is hiring a Lead Organizer and an Operations Associate. Find out more here.
ConnCAN's analysis of the 2008 CMT results reveals that Hartford, New Haven, and Bridgeport made larger gains than the statewide average, with Connecticut's capital city leading the way.
ConnCAN's analysis of the 2008 CAPT results for Connecticut high schools reveals a growing achievement gap even as levels of student achievement increase.
ConnCAN’s comparison of the new 2008 Project Graduation results to official Connecticut State Department of Education figures reveals significant discrepancies between this cumulative approach and the official rates.
ConnCAN's School Report Cards provide Connecticut parents with a FREE, straightforward and easy-to-use assessment of how well their child's public school is meeting the needs of all its students. Find out how well your school performed.
This report provides a concise overview of what state and national student achievement data can tell us about the challenge of raising the achievement levels of all Connecticut students.
This guidebook is designed to empower parents to take control of their children’s education and to work to close Connecticut’s over-sized achievement gap.
“ConnCAN, in my opinion, has all the right emphases: high quality preschool, innovative schools, recruiting top teachers and top principals to be teaching in schools with greatest need, school improvement teams that are disseminating best practices—it's just so logical that it’s a little painful to realize that we don’t have it already.” - Rep. Andy Fleischmann, Chairman, Education Committee