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Pub. Date
2015.
Description
During the legislative cycle of 2015, HB 15-1323 concerning assessments in public schools was passed. This law has impact on the administration and use of state assessments, accreditation ratings and school plan types, school readiness and educator effectiveness, among other requirements.
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
As schools transition their curricula to reflect the new Colorado Academic Standards, a transitional version of the state assessment called the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program has be adopted. The TCAP is similar to the CSAP except that it no longer assesses many academic standards that are not part of the new, Colorado Academic Standards.
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
This guide is provided to assist districts and schools in providing appropriate accommodations for Colorado's English Learners (ELs). Work in the area of EL responsive accommodations is "new" and process oriented, that is, we are working to build Colorado's expertise and capacity in the area of EL responsive accommodations.
Pub. Date
2012-2014.
Description
The purpose of this manual is to provide instructions to the District Assessment Coordinator (DAC) and School Assessment Coordinator (SAC) for securing and distributing CoAlt test materials prior to test administration, collecting and organizing materials after testing is complete, and preparing materials for return to CTB/McGraw-Hill (CTB) for scoring.
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Description
The State Publications Library staff compile lists of current state government information that is available in both hard copy and on the Internet. These lists reflect selected titles on popular subjects of interest to the general public in the library collection.
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Colorado is currently transitioning its major state student assessments. After using the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) assessment for English language arts and mathematics assessments for a number of years, Colorado implemented the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) assessment starting in the 2012 school year. That year, Colorado also joined the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) consortium....
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Overall, Colorado districts succeeded in administering the state's first online state wide assessments. Challenges were encountered along the way; however, districts and schools were committed to working through them in a manner that allowed students to complete testing. Lessons learned during the science and social studies administration and the PARCC administration will be invaluable to improving next year's assessment administration. Many of the...
Pub. Date
2012-2014.
Description
Students assessed with the CoAlt typically have significant limitations in intellectual functioning, in adaptive behavior, and in academic functioning expressed in conceptual, social, and practical adaptive skills. Often these students are identified as having a Cognitive Disability; however, students with other types of disabilities may also satisfy the criteria for participation in the CoAlt.
Pub. Date
2008-2011.
Description
The purpose of the Student Biographical Data (SBD) review is to allow districts the opportunity to verify the accuracy of the demographic data submitted for each student for each Colorado Student Assessment Program test booklet. The review process takes place after testing has been completed and the booklets for all districts have been returned to the test vendor and before all assessments are scored and final results made available.
Pub. Date
2007-2012.
Description
The Colorado English Language Assessment (CELA) is the language proficiency assessment used for classifying and monitoring the progress of Colorado English Language Learners (ELLs) in the acquisition of English. This assessment measures the competencies necessary for successful social and academic language use in four major modalities: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing - along a continuum of five proficiency levels.
136) Current Colorado student assessment system 2011-2012 procedures manual for TCAP, CoALT, CELApro
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
This manual has been prepared for all District Assessment Coordinators, Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) assessment proctors, Colorado Alternate assessment (CoAlt) test examiners, Colorado English Language Acquisition Proficiency (CELApro) test examiners, teachers, school specialists, principals as well as other interested groups. It includes information about the following topics: CDE contacts, important dates, responsible assessment...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
The 2012 School Finance Act required the CDE to issue a competitive request for proposals (RFP) for state purchase of an early literacy assessment tool that teachers may use to obtain real-time assessments of the reading skill levels of students in kindergarten through third grade. The intent was to support state purchase of software that provides individualized assessments with immediate results, stores and analyzes those results, and recommends...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
Para reflejar las nuevas normas académicas requeridas por el estado de Colorado, las escuelas de Colorado estan modificando sus currículos adoptando una version provisional de las evaluacion estatal llamada Evaluacion del Programa de Transicion del estado de Colorado (TCAP). Este programa es similar al CSAP, diferenciandose unicamente por la exclusion algunas evaluaciones academicas del CSAP porque ya no son parte de los nuevos estaandares academicos...
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
This interpretation guide provides information about the CELApro administered in 2010. CELApro is the language proficiency assessment used as one data point in the body of evidence for classifying and monitoring the progress of English Learners (ELs) in the acquisition of English. This assessment measures social and academic language use in four major skill areas-Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing-along a continuum of five language development...
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
This manual has been prepared for all District Assessment Coordinators, Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) test proctors, Colorado Alternate assessment (CoAlt) test examiners, Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for ELLS®) test administrators, teachers, school specialists, principals as well as other interested groups. It includes information about the following topics:...
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