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Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Colorado has created evaluation rubrics for principals, teachers and nine categories of specialized service professionals designed to capture evidence of professional practices relating to effectiveness. The performance management system includes electronic interfaces and data collection tools for the evaluation rubrics, measures of student learning/outcomes, final effectiveness ratings, and reports with useful and actionable feedback for educators....
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
In an effort to improve the quality of education provided to all students in the state, Colorado has: adopted new academic standards that represent what students should know and be able to do at each level of their schooling; implemented school and district accountability strategies that are tied to unified improvement planning; and adopted standards for educators who will be evaluated annually.
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
In an effort to improve the quality of education provided to all students in the state, Colorado has: implemented the Colorado academic standards that represent what students should know and be able to do at each level of their schooling; implemented school and district accountability strategies that are tied to unified improvement planning; and adopted Educator Quality Standards that describe the actions of effective educators in Colorado.
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
To support ongoing professional growth for all educators, the Colorado Department of Education has developed a model evaluation system that districts may use to evaluate their teachers, which meets all requirements of Senate Bill 10-191 and State Board of Education Rules. The Colorado State Model Evaluation System for teachers was piloted in 26 districts during the 2012-13 school year and is now an optional evaluation system being used by 160 Colorado...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
In 1982, voters approved a constitutional measure governing property taxes, including a provision known as the Gallagher Amendment (Gallagher). The impact of Gallagher has varied across different regions of the state. The impact of the COVID-19-related economic crisis on the residential assessment rate (RAR) may be significant in the 2021 reassessment cycle. In January 2021, the division will estimate the RAR for this cycle. The state legislature...
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
In 2008, Colorado introduced the Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) to streamline the improvement planning components of state and federal accountability requirements. The common Unified Improvement Planning template and planning processes used represent a shift from planning as an "event" to planning as a critical component of "continuous improvement." This process reduces the total number of separate plans schools and districts are required to complete...
96) SLDS implementation phasing strategy: district capability report & technical implementation strategy
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Pub. Date
2011.
Description
The purpose of this document is to assist the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) develop a technical implementation strategy to further define the scope for the CAPTURE initiative of the 2009 State Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) Grant. Our research centered on three primary areas: assessing the overall data exchange model, defining the concept and providing an implementation plan. At the local level, Colorado districts struggle to maintain a...
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Title II, Part A (IIA) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provides funding for district-based initiatives designed to improve the quality of teaching and leadership in schools. Title IIA funds may be used for a vast array of activities including high-quality professional development, recruitment and retention of effective educators, helping teachers become highly qualified, and class size reduction. However, emerging research on...
