School reform proposals kick off ‘Race to the Top’ in Colorado

DENVER — A corps of turnaround experts who would travel from failing school to failing school, a computerized, multimedia test to replace the Colorado Student Assessment Program, and a “360 degree” evaluation for teachers mirroring business-world performance evaluations were just some of the ideas Race to the Top school reform workgroups presented Friday to Gov. Bill Ritter, Lt. Gov. Barbara O’Brien and Commissioner of Education Dwight Jones.

Colorado Dept. of Ed. releases student scores, eyes stimulus Race to the Top funds

On Friday came the annual start to the school season here, marked as ever by the release of the Colorado Student Assessment Program scores.

And while the Colorado Department of Education’s Friday press release predictably led with the…