The Innovation Schools Act of 2008, § 22-32.5-102, et seq. C.R.S., was designed to provide a pathway for schools and districts to develop and implement innovative practices in a wide variety of areas and contexts to improve student outcomes. The Act provides a formal process that allows schools or groups of schools to make requests to their local school boards for waivers from district-level policies and for school boards to make requests to the Colorado State Board of Education for waivers from state-level laws and regulations. The Act enables schools to better provide educational services tailored to meet the needs of their student populations. Innovation schools are required to articulate a vision around the autonomies they are seeking, as well as to gain support from a variety of stakeholders, including teachers, administrators, and School Accountability Committee members, before receiving the innovation school designation. The innovation application process requires schools to think through the common goal and vision that will be made possible by receiving greater autonomy, as well as the policies and documents that will need to change when these innovations are implemented. In compliance with the requirements of § 22-32.5-111, C.R.S., the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) has prepared this annual report divided into the following parts: (1) Overview of the Innovation Schools Act of 2008; (2) Current Demographics of Innovation Schools; (3) Description of the Innovations Implemented; (4) Summary of the Academic Performance of Innovation Schools; and (5) Recommendations for Legislative Changes. This report builds on the format from previous years and typically includes a more detailed section regarding the academic performance of innovation schools and innovation school zones. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, state assessments and school performance frameworks in 2020 were suspended and therefore corresponding data is not available. For the 2020-21 school year, state assessments were administered to a limited number of grade levels. Therefore, achievement data is limited, and growth data is not available for this report. In response to disruptions created by COVID-19, Colorado paused the accountability frameworks for two school years (2020-21 and 2021-22). Thus, district and school plan types were carried over from 2019-20. Enrollment information for both districts and Innovation schools reflect a slight increase from the 2020-21 school year, but student populations are still lower than they were in the 2019-20 school year. [This report was prepared by CDE's School Quality and Support Division/Schools of Choice Unit. For the 2021 report, see ED614187.]