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Tag: school performance
State ratings identify 163 Colorado schools in need of improvement
More than 160 Colorado schools received one of the state’s two lowest ratings, making them eligible for additional assistance but also vulnerable to intervention...
Did giving extra money to struggling Denver schools boost test scores?...
Since 2012, the Denver school district has given extra money to its low-performing schools to help accelerate improvement — currently, up to $1.7 million...
This is what the State Board of Education hopes to order...
In Colorado’s first-ever attempt to give away management of a school district, state officials Thursday provided a preview of what the final order requiring...
Pushback on charter school contracts shows new divide on Denver school...
In an urban district nationally known for collaborating with charter schools, two new Denver school board members made clear Thursday that the publicly funded...
Concerns about reading scores and school ratings prompt Denver district to...
Early elementary school families in Denver will get individual reading progress reports from the school district next month explaining how their children are doing...
Colorado stepped in to save its lowest-performing schools in 2017. Whether...
This year marked a turning point for Colorado education officials and the state’s lowest performing schools.
Seven years after the state’s current school accountability system...
Colorado bows to federal pressure, adopts second school quality system that...
In an effort to keep federal dollars flowing to Colorado classrooms, the State Board of Education voted Wednesday to create two quality systems for...
Colorado testing an updated teacher evaluation system that will take less...
Lori Petersen, principal of Arkansas Elementary School in Aurora, is a huge fan of teacher evaluations. But as she sees it, there are two...
Why Jeffco hasn’t considered academic performance in picking schools to close
Of five Jefferson County elementary schools recommended for closure, one recently received the state’s lowest possible rating for academic performance and another has won...