CTB/McGraw-Hill and the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) collaborated to conduct a cut score review for Grades 5, 8, and 10 Science of the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP). The CSAP Science Cut Score Review consisted of training, orientation, presentation of preliminary bookmarks, three rounds of judgments, presentation of Round 3 results to all participants, and a smoothing discussion. This report summarizes the results of the Colorado...

The Education Accountability Act of 2009 requires the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) to evaluate all districts and schools based on their level of attainment on four key State performance indicators: academic achievement, academic growth, extent of gaps between student groups and postsecondary readiness. Prior to finalizing the DPF and SPF reports, districts had the opportunity to indicate if they disagreed with any of the Department's initial...

ProComp is an ambitious alternative teacher compensation system developed by Denver Public Schools (DPS) in cooperation with the Denver Classroom Teachers Association. This report summarizes a summative evaluation of ProComp conducted collaboratively by The Evaluation Center and the Buechner Institute for Governance at the University of Colorado Denver and the Center for Education Data and Research at the University of Washington. This report describes...

This manual has been prepared for all District Assessment Coordinators, Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) assessment proctors, Colorado Student Assessment Program Alternate (CSAPA) and Colorado English Language Acquisition Proficiency (CELApro) test examiners, teachers, school specialists, principals as well as other interested groups.