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In this section you will find information about and links to the College Opportunity Fund, Higher Education Admission Requirements and other policy matters.

Career and Technical Education in the P-20 Spotlight

Bridget Black
With the adoption of PWR Standards and Assessments, as well as several other recent policy initiatives, Career and Technical Education is finding its place in the P-20 spotlight, as demonstrated in this recent presentation by DHE Deputy Executive Director, Dr. Matt Gianneschi to the annual CACTA Conference, February 3, 2011. Click here to view the presentation.
 

Standards and Assessments

Bridget Black


As a result of SB08-212, Colorado is in the process of adopting a whole new set of Model Content Standards and Assessments. Here you will find key resources to guide you in understanding how these Standards and Assessments will impact instruction P-20 across Colorado.

1. Post Secondary and Work Force Readiness: On June 30, 2009, meeting in joint session, the State Board of Education and Colorado Commission on Higher Education adopted Colorado's Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness definition, on which are based the 13 sets of Model Content Standards.

2. Model Content Standards in 13 areas have been developed and will be submitted to the State Board of Education for approval at their December meeting.

3. Assessments: SB08-212 CAP4Kids (Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids) calls for the adoption of assessments no later than December 2010, to replace the existing CSAP/ACT sequence. A Stakeholders Group has been convened and Public Hearings have been scheduled.

At the first meeting of the Stakeholders Group, reference was made to a recent article by Lorrie Shepard and others regarding assessments and accountability.

 

Higher Education Admission Requirements (HEAR)

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Higher Education Admission Requirements (HEAR) (  Requisitos De Ingreso a la Educación Superior) - Adopted in 2003, this policy requires all students planning to attend a Colorado four-year college to complete up to 18 credits of high-school courses in specific subject areas.
 

College remediation rates stuck at 30 percent

Julia Pirnack

Written by Todd Engdahl, Thursday, December 11 2008 

About 30 percent of Colorado college freshmen need to take a remedial class in at least one subject, according to a report released Thursday by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education.

That’s about the same rate recorded in the previous three years. (The latest report is for the 2007-08 fiscal year.)

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