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Colorado Senate Bill Seeks to Protect Students Who Opt-Out From Assessments

January 11, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

SB18-011, filed this week in the Colorado Senate, seeks to ensure that students whose parents opt them out of assessments do not face punitive measures at school.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2018 Bills, Andy Kerr, Chris Holbert, Colorado, Colorado Senate, Colorado State Board of Education, Parental Opt-Outs, Paul Lundeen, SB18-011, Tracy Kraft-Tharp

Colorado: Another Example of Federal “Flexibility”

October 13, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Feds rejected Colorado’s state accountability system that did not penalize schools with high opt-out rates, now the state will have two systems.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Federalized Education Tagged With: Chalkbeat, Colorado, Colorado State Board of Education, ESSA state plans, Every Student Succeeds Act, PARCC, Parental Opt-Outs, U.S. Department of Education

Colorado to Stop Giving PARCC Tests, But Stay With PARCC Developer

June 16, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

The Colorado Department of Education will drop PARCC as their statewide assessment but will keep Pearson as the contractor to develop the new assessment.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments Tagged With: Angela Engel, Chalkbeat, Colorado, Colorado Measures of Academic Success, Colorado State Board of Education, Katy Anthes, PARCC, Pearson, Steve Durham, Uniting4Kids

Colorado Legislature on the Verge of Passing Student Data Privacy Law

May 4, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

The Colorado Legislature is close to passing a student data privacy law that would inform parents about what data collection occurs and provide transparency.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: 2016 Bills, Alec Garnett, Cheri Kiesecker, Colorado, Colorado House, Colorado Senate, HB 16-1423, Owen Hill, Paul Lundeen, Student Privacy

Common Core Repeal Bill Hits Colorado House

February 23, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

HF 1208 introduced in the Colorado House would repeal the Common Core State Standards in Colorado and remove Colorado from the PARCC assessment consortia.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2015 Bills, Clarice Navarro, Colorado, Colorado House, Common Core State Standards, Dan Nordberg, Gordon Klingenschmitt, HF 1208, J. Paul Brown, Janak Joshi, Justin Everett, Kent Lambert, Kevin Lundberg, Kevin Van Winkle, Kim Ransom, PARCC, Perry Buck, Steven Humphrey

Colorado School Board – Yes, Attorney General’s Office – No on PARCC Waivers

January 9, 2015 By Shane Vander Hart

The Colorado State School Board’s 4-3 vote to allow schools to seek waivers from administering the first part of the PARCC assessments brings legal scrutiny.

Filed Under: Common Core Assessments, Elementary and Secondary Education Act Tagged With: Chalkbeat Colorado, Colorado, Colorado State School Board, common core assessments, PARCC, Robert Hammond, Tony Dyl

Thousands of Colorado 12th Graders Opt-Out of New Assessment

November 19, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

More than 5,000 Colorado 12th graders opted out of a new state-mandated science and social studies assessment last week. Here are some excerpts of local coverage: Chalkbeat Colorado: Instead of taking the state’s science and social studies tests, seniors at Fairview High School (in Boulder) braved below-zero temperatures to rally against a testing system they […]

Filed Under: Education at State Level Tagged With: assessments, assessments opt-out, Colorado

In Colorado Parents Are Denied Access to Their Student’s Data

July 1, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Similar to what John Eppolito experienced in Nevada, parents in Colorado are having a difficult time accessing their own student’s data, but 3rd party entities don’t seem to have trouble getting access. From Watchdog Wire: Colorado school districts are collecting broad, detailed educational and psychological data on their students for use by private companies and […]

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Colorado, data privacy, student data mining

2014 Common Core Legislation Round-Up (12th Update)

March 27, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

A running list of Common Core related legislation filed in State Legislatures across the United States. This list will be continually updated.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Common Core Legislation, Common Core State Standards, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Renewing the Fight to Stop Common Core

January 22, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

As state legislatures across the country are starting new sessions I thought it would be a good time to highlight how the fight to stop the Common Core State Standards is being renewed in state capitols.  2013 was the first round and now we are entering the second, the bell has run.  The pressure is […]

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education at State Level Tagged With: 2014-H-7095, Andrew Cuomo, Colorado, common core assessments, Common Core State Standards, Debra Gist, Douglas County School Board, Gregg Amore, John Lamping, Maryland, Missouri, Missouri Senate, New York, PARCC, Paul Pinsky, Rhode Island, SB514, Tennessee, Tennessee Legislature

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