Services
Learn more about the District of Columbia's adoption of the Common Core Standards.
Community Schools integrates academics, health and social services, youth and community development, and community engagement, in order to improve student outcomes.
Learn more about the methods of administration corrdination monitored by the Office of Civil Rights.
Learn more about OSSE's Career and Technical Education (CTE) Events and Special Programming.
DC CAS measures the academic proficiency of students in the District of Columbia relative to their mastery of the DC Content Standards.
OSSE provides professional development to aid in the implementaion of DC CAS.
OSSE offers led trainings for all DC CAS Test Chairs, both in-person and via webinars.
Learn more about OSSE's comprehensive training system for LEAs, schools and DC CAS monitors.
DC College Application and Exploration Month is part of a national effort to increase the number of first-generation and low-income students who pursue a postsecondary education
OSSE's DC CATS is a web-based system for issuing monitoring and compliance reports and documenting the correction of noncompliance.
OSSE's Educator Talent Pool recognizes and leverages the expertise of outstanding DC Educators.
The DC Head Start State Collaboration Office, within the Division of Early Learning, promotes improved linkages between Head Start and local agencies that provide services in the areas of health care, welfare, education, community, family literacy services, disabilities, homelessness, professional development and child welfare.
DC's ICC is the lead agency in the development and implementation of District-wide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency system to provide early intervention services for infants and toddlers with developmental delays and disabilities.
DC Pay Grants increase DC schools capacity to offer physical activity to students before, during, or after the school day.
DC's Re-Engagement Center serves as a “single-door” through which youth (ages 16-24) who have dropped out can reconnect back to educational options and other critical services to support their attainment of a high school diploma or GED.