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Author
Publisher
Education Policy Research Unit, College of Education, Arizona State University
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"The aim of this study is to examine the impact of charter schools on student achievement in the Great Lakes states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. This evaluation addresses two specific questions: How does student achievement in charter schools compare with student achievement in demographically similar, traditional public schools? Do charter schools show promise of being an effective strategy for improving student achievement...
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, District and School Support [sic]
Pub. Date
2015-2018.
Language
English
Description
The School Turnaround Leadership Development grant program (STLD) was enacted by the Colorado State Legislature in 2014 to nurture and support leaders in turning around academic performance in the state's low-performing schools. The purpose of the STLD program is to serve school leaders who will demonstrate dramatic and lasting improvements of student achievement and growth in Priority Improvement or Turnaround schools.
Author
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Research and Evaluation
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This report compares the academic achievement and student growth of the four-day districts to the academic achievement of five-day districts of similar size. Overall, the results indicate that both groups of districts perform similarly on the state assessments and that their students show very similar amounts of academic growth as reflected by the Colorado Growth Model.
9) Evaluation of NCLB Title I, Part A: supplemental educational services evaluation year three report
Publisher
Omni Institute
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Office of Data, Program Evaluation, and Reporting, Unit of Federal Program Administration, Colorado Department of Education
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), districts with schools that have failed to make adequate yearly progress for three consecutive years are required to utilize Title I funds to provide tutoring services to students in those schools who qualify for free and reduced lunch (a proxy for socio-economic status). The intent of the law is to provide tutoring services outside of the school day to increase the academic performance of those...
11) Evaluation of NCLB Title I, Part A: supplemental educational services evaluation year two report
Publisher
OMNI Institute
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Series
Fast facts volume 2012 August
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Exceptional Student Services Unit
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Unit of Assessment, Research and Evaluation
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
As schools transition their curricula to reflect the new Colorado Academic Standards, a transitional version of the state assessment called the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program has be adopted. The TCAP is similar to the CSAP except that it no longer assesses many academic standards that are not part of the new, Colorado Academic Standards.
Author
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Exceptional Student Leadership Unit
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The purpose of this document is to provide non-regulatory guidance to school districts on ways to align their existing district assessments with a district alternate assessment that meets the requirements of IDEA 2004.
Author
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Unit of Assessment, Research and Evaluation
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
Para reflejar las nuevas normas académicas requeridas por el estado de Colorado, las escuelas de Colorado estan modificando sus currículos adoptando una version provisional de las evaluacion estatal llamada Evaluacion del Programa de Transicion del estado de Colorado (TCAP). Este programa es similar al CSAP, diferenciandose unicamente por la exclusion algunas evaluaciones academicas del CSAP porque ya no son parte de los nuevos estaandares academicos...
Author
Publisher
Colorado Department of Education, Unit of Federal Programs
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The central objective of Title I, Part A is to ensure that all children reach challenging academic content standards, specifically in reading and math. The program provides supplemental resources to schools and students who have furthest to go in achieving these standards. In 2009-2010, CDE in collaboration with an external evaluation firm, OMNI Institute, studied the relationship between the amount of Title I funds distributed to schools and student...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"In many public schools, students are spending up to 28 percent of instructional time on testing and test prep. Starting this year, the introduction of the Common Core State Standards Initiative in 45 states will bring an unprecedented level of new, more difficult, and longer mandatory tests to nearly every classroom in the nation up to five times a year--forcing our national testing obsession to a crisis point. Taxpayers are spending extravagant...