Reverse transfer bill passes Senate
Updated – The Senate Thursday gave final approval to the reverse transfer bill designed to help more students earn associate’s degrees.
Posts tagged as: Achievement
House Ed puts CDE on hot seat
The Department of Education has got some explaining to do to the House Education Committee about testing and educator evaluation costs.
Bill would eliminate some state tests
The bill to reduce statewide testing has been introduced, and the Department of Education finally got through its budget hearing.
Legacy Foundation scores $10.5 million
The Colorado Legacy Foundation hopes a $10.5 million grant will expand college readiness among Colorado students.
SBE hopeful but realistic on testing funds
The State Board of Education assessed the chances of getting to pay for new tests and rejected a charter school appeal at its December meeting.
State makes its waiver bid
The Colorado Department of Education has filed its formal request for waiver from parts of the No Child Left Behind law.
Testing bill gets panel approval
Budget clouds as grey as the storm clouds outside hung over a legislative study committee as it wrestled with proposed 2012 bills.
SBE crosses fingers on new tests
Updated – The State Board of Education has voted to request bids for new state tests and supported seeking a NCLB waiver.
Experts share tips on early literacy
The statistical handwriting is on the wall for the 16,000 Colorado third-graders who are functionally illiterate – if only they could read it
U.S., Colo. ACT results flat
A quarter of 2011 high school grads who took the ACT met all four college readiness benchmarks while 23 percent of Colorado grads did
