Content Collaboratives

Colorado Content Collaboratives (CCCs)
By Teachers For Teachers
Working at the intersection of the new Colorado Academic Standards, Educator Effectiveness and New Assessments

Launched February 1st 2012!

The Colorado Content Collaboratives are P-12 educators from across the state who come together to identify and create high-quality assessments, which are aligned to the new Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) and may be used for educator evaluation purposes.

The Content Collaboratives are a four-year initiative. Phase 1 of the Content Collaboratives work, 2012, focused on the review of existing assessments that were evaluated to determine the degree to which they were fair, valid and reliable measures of student learning and were aligned to the Colorado Academic Standards. Assessments that were reviewed and received a rating of “Recommended” or “Partially Recommended” have been posted to the CDE Resource Bank.

Important Announcements

Phase 2 of the Content Collaboratives began March 5-6, 2013, at the Antler’s Hilton in Colorado Springs. The next meeting will be in June 2013 (dates and locations to be determined). Meetings begin at 8:00am and are open to the public for observation. These meetings bring all Content Collaboratives members together to receive training and subsequently engage in a performance assessment development process. The Content Collaboratives will work with the Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation from the University of Kansas, led by Dr. Neal Kingston. Performance assessments developed by the Content Collaboratives will be trialed and edited prior to being placed in the CDE Resource Bank for educator use.

A sampling of reviewed and posted assessments from Phase 1 work are currently being trialed and reviewed for their utility in educator evaluations. Initial results from this trial will be available in the CDE Resource Bank in May 2013. For additional information, please contact Sed Keller, 303-866-6254, keller_s@cde.state.co.us.

CDE is working in active and appreciative partnership with the Colorado Community College System, the Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation at the University of Kansas, and the Colorado Legacy Foundation to support the development and implementation of the Colorado Content Collaboratives.