The Colorado Department of Education has engaged in the standards development process on multiple occasions. The department uses a process that is shared across states and nations that is outlined below. This process would be followed to develop new standards should the state choose to change its math and reading, writing, and communicating standards. To follow the process with fidelity generally takes one year. Schools and districts then need at least two years to adequately transition to the new standards.
Colorado has created evaluation rubrics for principals, teachers and nine categories of specialized service professionals designed to capture evidence of professional practices relating to effectiveness. The performance management system includes electronic interfaces and data collection tools for the evaluation rubrics, measures of student learning/outcomes, final effectiveness ratings, and reports with useful and actionable feedback for educators.
HB15-1323 affects several different education issues, including state assessments, educator effectiveness and assessment pilots. This summary provides details on the changes to school and district accountability. Please note that HB15-1323 supersedes HB14-1182, which specified guidelines for assigning accreditation ratings during the assessment transition.
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.
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.
The Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) provides a clear description of the activities of a project in the acquisition of environmental data or information from direct measurement activities, existing data, or generated by models.
