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Series
Issue brief volume 15-02
Publisher
Colorado Legislative Council
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This issue brief discusses state and federal accreditation policies for higher education, the accreditation process, accrediting organizations, and the standards to be met to receive accreditation.
Series
Fast facts volume 2005 January
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services Unit
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Publisher
Harvard Education Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Data Wise: A Step-by-Step Guide to Using Assessment Results to Improve Teaching and Learning presents a clear and carefully tested blueprint for school leaders. It shows how examining test scores and other classroom data can become a catalyst for important schoolwide conversations that will enhance schools abilities to capture teachers knowledge, foster collaboration, identify obstacles to change, and enhance school culture and climate. This revised...
Author
Publisher
Colorado State University
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This self-study report has been drafted explicitly for the purpose of reaffirmation of accreditation of Colorado State University (CSU) by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and presents a snapshot of the institution at a specific time (Fall 2011 through Spring 2013). Since the last site visit (2004), CSU has experienced declining state resources and changing of presidents in the midst of a rapidly changing environment for higher education. In the...
Author
Publisher
National Education Policy Center
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The U.S. test-based accountability model holds schools and teachers accountable for student outcomes with little attention to school improvement processes. Many other countries enact more school-centered accountability efforts, such as school self-evaluation followed by inspection (SSE/I) to examine school quality, as in similar systems in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Netherlands. Accountability models from other countries cannot be naively...
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Publisher
University of Colorado Denver, College of Architecture and Planning
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) is just entering a significant new phase in its historic development. In July 2012, CAP formally terminated its long and complex relationship with the University of Colorado Boulder campus, and was approved to deliver the first ever undergraduate architecture program in Denver. For the first time in over 40 years, all of CAP's programs have been consolidated on one site, and the college has been given...
Author
Publisher
National Education Policy Center, School of Education, University of Colorado Boulder
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
K12 Inc. enrolls more public school students than any other private education management organization in the U.S. Much has been written about K12 Inc. (referred to in this report simply as "K12") by financial analysts and investigative journalists because it is a large, publicly traded company and is the dominant player in the operation and expansion of full-time virtual schools. This report provides a new perspective on the nation's largest virtual...
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Publisher
University of Colorado Denver, Program Review Panel
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The University of Colorado Denver's Program Review Panel studies each unit under review and prepares this final program review report. The objectives of the review were to identify strengths and weaknesses of the College of Architecture and Planning and to make recommendations for program improvement. A broad range of academic and administrative matters was College of Architecture and Planning outcomes assessment, faculty activities, faculty recruitment...