Testing and assessment treatment
Requirement
Enhanced reciprocity streamlines qualification for fully licensed educators from the listed jurisdictions; applicants from other states use Connecticut's preparation, experience and assessment pathway.
Which out-of-state path this covers
Connecticut gives fully licensed educators from its named enhanced-reciprocity jurisdictions a streamlined path to a comparable ten-year Initial Educator Certificate, while educators from other states use preparation, experience and assessment review.
What can change this answer
The streamlined route depends on both the source jurisdiction and a valid full certificate minimally equivalent to Connecticut's Initial level; twenty successful school months under an active full certificate in the last ten years affects exemption from Connecticut's TEAM induction program, not the initial certificate tier.
Documents you may need
The streamlined application uses ED 170 or CECS, the valid full source certificate, ED 126 when qualifying experience is claimed and recommended official transcripts for the permanent file.
Where the testing answer can change
- •Temporary, emergency and interim source certificates are not accepted for enhanced reciprocity
- •Administration, integrated early childhood and special-services fields require additional review
- •Every out-of-state applicant is first issued at Connecticut's Initial level
- •Applicants outside the enhanced list need the all-other-states preparation, experience and assessment evaluation
Register and send scores only for the exact exam code named by the state agency.
Official sources
Check again by 2026-11-01