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Colorado Department of Education, 2019
The Colorado Growth Model (CGM) was developed jointly by the Colorado Department of Education (CDE), the Technical Advisory Panel for Longitudinal Growth (TAP), and the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment (NCIEA). Its development was required by state statute (SB09-163) and assigned to the Technical Advisory Panel. The…
Descriptors: Growth Models, Elementary Secondary Education, Accountability, Academic Achievement
Deeds, Carinne; Malter, Zachary – College and Career Readiness and Success Center, 2016
This "Ask the CCRS Center Brief" provides an overview of the accountability measures used by states and districts to assess the college and career readiness of students who are educated in alternative programs and schools (defined hereafter as "alternative settings"). Alternative settings are designed to serve at-risk students…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Readiness, Accountability, Nontraditional Education
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Conn, Daniel R. – Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, 2016
Through educational connoisseurship and criticism, this study explores how labels based on standardized student growth affect a rural school in Colorado. While the educators express intentions to help their students to demonstrate academic growth and achievement, they also have concerns that focusing on growth might compromise the well being of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Growth Models, Rural Schools, Achievement Gains