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• 1/1/0001 University of Connecticut to host Symposium on “No Child Left Behind” Act

  The Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal will be hosting “Who is Being Left Behind: A Look at ‘No Child Left Behind’ Four Years Later” on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at University of Connecticut School of Law in Hartford, Connecticut.

• 1/1/0001 Connecticut Reports Performance on National Assessment of Educational Progress

  Connecticut results on the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show that the percentage of Grade 4 and 8 students scoring at or above the NAEP proficient level in mathematics and reading continues to remain consistently above the national average.

• 1/1/0001 State Department of Education Releases District AYP Results

  Eighty-two percent of Connecticut’s school districts made adequate yearly progress (AYP) for the 2004-05 school year under the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.

• 1/1/0001 State Department of Education Announces High School AYP

  Seventy-two percent (130 out of 181) of Connecticut’s high schools achieved the standards for adequate yearly progress (AYP) under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act based on performance on the 2005 Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT).

• 1/1/0001 2005 Connecticut Academic Performance Test Results

  Statewide results for the spring 2005 administration of the Connecticut Academic Performance Test (CAPT) show several trends since the beginning of the test’s second generation in 2001.

• 1/1/0001 Connecticut’s 2005 Grads Continue Strong Performance on SAT

  Connecticut’s 2005 high school graduates recorded the highest combined average SAT scores in 31 years, according to results issued by The College Board, which administers the SAT.

• 1/1/0001 State Department of Education Reports 2004-05

  “Adequate Yearly Progress” under NCLB

• 1/1/0001 Governor Encourages Kids to Read at Launch of 2005 Reading Challenge

  Governor M. Jodi Rell stressed today that reading is the most important academic skill of all – “the one that goes farthest in ensuring future success.”

• 1/1/0001 Governor Rell and Commissioner Sternberg Meeting with Federal Officials on NCLB

  Governor M. Jodi Rell and Education Commissioner Betty Sternberg issued the following joint statement after Commissioner Sternberg’s meeting today with U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to discuss issues relating to the implementation of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.

• 4/8/2005 'No Child' Lawsuit is Most Welcome

  Connecticut may make history by becoming the first state in the nation to legally challenge the unfunded mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

• 1/1/0001 State Department of Education Reports CMT Results

  Results of the fall 2004 administration of the Connecticut Mastery Test (CMT) to students in Grades 4, 6 and 8 – the fifth and final administration of the CMT’s third generation – show two trends.

• 1/1/0001 Governor Rell Appoints New State Board of Education Member

  Governor M. Jodi Rell has appointed Theresa Hopkins-Staten of West Hartford to serve on the Connecticut State Board of Education ending March 1, 2009. Hopkins-Staten succeeds Craig Toensing of Falls Village on the Board.

• 1/1/0001 Governor Rell Appoints New State Board of Education Member

  Governor M. Jodi Rell has appointed Beverly Bobroske of Bristol to serve a two-year term on the Connecticut State Board of Education. Bobroske succeeds Annika Warren of Hartford, who resigned.

• 1/1/0001 Regional Business-Health Team Formed to Recharge Wright Tech

  A regional coalition of education, health, business and community leaders began work Thursday to pinpoint ways to reclaim and reinvigorate Wright Tech.

• 1/1/0001 State Department of Education Reports Districts "Adequate Yearly Progress"

  More than three-quarters of Connecticut’s school districts made adequate yearly progress (AYP) for the 2002-03 school year under the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.