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ERIC Number: ED674532
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 22
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Colorado's Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K). 2025 Annual Legislative Report
Colorado Department of Education
The Colorado General Assembly passed the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids, SB08-212 (known as CAP4K), creating alignment from preschool through postsecondary education. The law requires a regular review of academic standards, state assessments, and postsecondary and workforce readiness. In addition, annual reporting needs to include implementation of school readiness through postsecondary education. The Kindergarten School Readiness (KSR) Data for the 2024-25 school year, reported to the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), provides insights into the readiness of Colorado's kindergarteners. This data is reported in aggregate at the school level and includes the number of students assessed in various KSR domains, the number of students meeting or exceeding expectations, and demographic data by gender, Free and Reduced-Price Lunch (FRL) status, and race/ethnicity. The CDE has initiated a comprehensive three-phase process to review and revise academic standards across various content areas. All standards are reviewed on a six-year cycle with approximately one-third of the standards reviewed every two years. The phased approach allows for comprehensive stakeholder involvement and provides local education providers ample time to transition to revised standards. The ultimate goal is to enhance the quality of education for students in Colorado. This process aims to ensure that the standards remain relevant and effective in providing quality education to students. The current phase of review and revision addressed the standards for comprehensive health, mathematics, reading, writing and communicating, and science. The board made the decision to keep the comprehensive health and the reading, writing, and communicating standards in their current form without revisions so they are finalized for this phase. The board also decided to move forward with revisions to high school mathematics and science specifically focused on climate literacy. In the 2023-24 academic year, districts and schools continued to implement several academic support measures. These included high-impact tutoring, high-quality mathematics curricula, and evidence-based summer and afterschool programs. The spring 2024 state assessment results highlighted progress in student achievement across various grades and subject areas. In some instances, certain grade levels even exceeded pre-pandemic performance levels. However, significant achievement gaps persist among different student groups. The CDE and Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) have been actively measuring various factors to reflect the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness (PWR) for students beyond high school. These measures include graduation rates, dropout rates, college entrance exam scores, participation in concurrent enrollment courses, matriculation and persistence rates, remediation rates, and the implementation of Colorado's graduation guidelines.
Colorado Department of Education. State Office Building, 201 East Colfax Avenue, Denver, CO 80203. Tel: 303-866-6600; Fax: 303-830-0793; Web site: http://www.cde.state.co.us
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Colorado Department of Education (CDE)
Identifiers - Location: Colorado
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