The Colorado Department of Education

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Initiatives

The Race to the Top Office is currently working on the following initiatives

Content Collaboratives

Assisting educators in the transition to college- and career-ready standards (Colorado Academic Standards).

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Educator Effectiveness

Implementing Senate Bill 10-191 through aiding districts in adopting new evaluation systems that base 50 percent of an educator's evaluation on multiple measures of student academic growth, and 50 percent on observations and other methods that measure the standards of professional practice.

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STEM

Boosting students' skills and knowledge in STEM by providing resources, trainings, and learning opportunities to educators and students in Colorado

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Resource Bank

A one stop shop for administers, educators, parents and students to access instructional tools, curriculum, assessments, evaluations, rubrics and more. CDE is planning to launch the Resource Bank the summer of 2013.

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