Week 1 Discussion 2

  • National Assessment of Educational Progress

    Since 1969, NAEP has been a common measure of student achievement across the country in mathematics, reading, science, and many other subjects. (USDE) https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/subject/about/pdf/naep_overview_brochure_2018.pdf
  • Education of Handicapped Children Act

    Education of Handicapped Children Act, later to be known as IDEA was initially passed by congress.
  • Colorado State Assessment Program

    CSAP assessing primary school students.
  • No Child Left Behind Act

    A federal law requiring states to establish challenging content standards and performance standards and to demonstrate by way of tests and other assessments how well students attained high levels of achievement on those standards (Brookhart & Nitko 2019, p. 15).
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children. (USDE).
  • Colorado Adopts Common Core State Standards

    CSBE adopted the Common Core State Standards in August 2010. In December 2010, CDE released the Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) for Mathematics and Reading, Writing, and Communicating incorporating the entire CCSS while maintaining the unique aspects of the Colorado Academic Standards, which include personal financial literacy, 21st-century skills, prepared graduate competencies, and preschool expectations. (CDE 2014). https://www.cde.state.co.us/contentareas/ccss_in_the_colorado_standards
  • CSAP to Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP)

    TCAP was administered from 2012 to 2014 (CDE)
  • Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS)

    The Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) are the state’s common measurement of students’ progress at the end of the school year in English language arts, math, science and social studies. In a typical year, students in grades three through eight take CMAS tests in math and English language arts. Students in fifth, eighth and 11th grade take the CMAS science assessments. And students in fourth and seventh grade take the CMAS social studies exams. (CDE).
  • Every Student Succeeds Act

    Still requires schools to submit accountability plans, but schools can now choose their own goals. States are required to intervene in the lowest-performing schools. (p. 15).

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