Assessment Revision Home
Introduction
The Colorado Model Content Standards are currently being revised to include early school readiness and postsecondary competencies, as well as reflect both workforce readiness and 21st century skills. They are set to be revised and adopted by the State Board of Education in December 2009. In addition to the updated state content standards, the Colorado Department of Education will also develop a new state assessment system that will be implemented during the 2011-2012 school year. This new system will reflect the expectations of the updated standards and the requirements of CAP4K (Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids), which calls for both school readiness and Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness assessments.
For “Frequently Asked Questions” about the standards revision process, please see the document below.
The timeline (created October 23, 2009) for work related to the revision of the state assessment system can be found at the link below.
Information on the assessment revision public tour can be found at:
The revision process
A stakeholder advisory group has recently been assembled to help frame the issues of the current state assessment system, recommend improvements, and define the work of potential subcommittee groups. Please click here for more information about the Stakeholder Committeee.
The Colorado Department of Education is seeking applicants to participate in this assessment redesign process. To assist in the work of the Stakeholder Committee, it has created the following subcommittees:
1. School Readiness and Early Childhood Assessment
2. Postsecondary Readiness Assessment
3. Summative Assessment subcommittee (NCLB requirements)
4. Growth Subcommittee - including formative (Interim/Benchmark)
5. Assessment for Special Populations
Please click here for more information about the subcommittees and how to apply!
Assessment survey
The Colorado Department of Education is looking to you to help us determine what aspects of the current assessment system are important, including what should be considered when potential changes are discussed. We have constructed a survey to help gather some of this information. It should take you no longer than 10 minutes to complete. Your information will remain confidential and all feedback will be put in summary form. The assessment survey can be found at:
Feedback/Comments
If you would like to give us your feedback at any point in the process, please send all comments to: Assessment_Review@cde.state.co.us