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Mapping the Gap: An Illustration of the State of Connecticut Public Education
It is designed to provide an easy-to-understand overview of the relative performance of Connecticut's 169 school districts across elementary, middle and high school. The State of Connecticut Public Education: A 2007 Report Card for Elementary and Middle Schools
Overall, this guidebook embraces two primary goals: 1) To inform parents about their rights under NCLB, and 2) To show parents how to use the tools and resources available under NCLB to become effective advocates for their children. We hope that Connecticut parents, together with their communities, will use this guidebook over the course of their children’s education to develop the know-how to achieve significant changes in their schools and their children’s futures! Great Schools for All: A Plan Big Enough to Close America's Largest Achievement Gap
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This report builds on ConnCAN's school and district report card database to provide analysis and key findings for Connecticut, its districts, and its schools. It details the increase in Connecticut's achievement gap between poor and non-poor students, already the largest in the country. New international comparisons reveal Connecticut students scoring below Hungary in math, a country with one-quarter our per capita income. 
This book of maps is a visual accompaniment to ConnCAN's 3rd annual School and District Report Cards. 
The single most pressing issue facing public education in Connecticut is the achievement gap. This report is designed to provide 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 report builds on ConnCAN’s school and district report card database to provide analysis and key findings for Connecticut, its districts, and its schools.
This guidebook is designed to empower parents to take control of their children’s educational opportunities and to work to close Connecticut’s over-sized achievement gap. 
Drawing on the lessons learned from great public schools across Connecticut, the insights and experiences of parents and community leaders tackling this challenge, and the latest research on proven policies for raising student achievement from around the country, ConnCAN presents five big ideas for closing the nation’s largest achievement gap in this report: