Passed in 2008, Senate Bill 212, often referred to as Colorado's Achievement Plan for Kids or CAP4K, set forth a framework for reform in Colorado. The promise of CAP4K is a simple one: align Colorado's educational system from preschool to college to focus on the readiness of all children at key transition points and prepare them for postsecondary and workforce readiness. Students that graduate from high school "ready by exit" will meet minimum academic qualifications for admission at all open, modified open, or moderately selective public institutions of higher education in Colorado.
Colorado's postsecondary and workforce readiness (PWR) endorsement rewards high school graduates for excellence by guaranteeing that the student meets: "minimum academic qualifications for admission to, and to be eligible, for placement into credit-bearing courses at selective public institutions of higher education in Colorado.
