Colorados Race to the Top Monitoring Plan defines strategies for both programmatic and fiscal monitoring at the state and subgrantee levels with respect to implementation of their approved scopes of work.
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 issues and concerns expressed by districts affirmed the list of improvements that had already been identified and prioritized by CDE. CDE will continue to work with districts, schools, Pearson and PARCC to support districts in continuously improving future online administrations.
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.
