In 1998 the Colorado State General Assembly passed a bill that revised the schedule for implementation of the Colorado Student Assessment Program of state assessments. During the 1998-99 school year, the state assessment was to include third-grade literacy, fourth-grade reading and writing, and seventh-grade reading and writing. The newsletters in this collection report on the progress of these assessments and describe some results from 1998. They also describe plans for the 1999 assessments and discuss some commonly asked questions about the assessment program. The first three issues present information on the tests and plans for the program. Issue No. 4 discusses the inclusion of students with disabilities in the assessment program and situations that will allow students to be excluded. Issue No. 5 contains a capsule description of the program. (SLD)