Catalog Search Results
Pub. Date
2015-2018.
Description
The School Turnaround Leadership Development grant program (STLD) was enacted by the Colorado State Legislature in 2014 to nurture and support leaders in turning around academic performance in the state's low-performing schools. The purpose of the STLD program is to serve school leaders who will demonstrate dramatic and lasting improvements of student achievement and growth in Priority Improvement or Turnaround schools.
Pub. Date
2010.
Description
Section I provides NCLB-mandated requirements for Title I Targeted Assistance Plans. These requirements are laid out in an easy-to-use format. Also included are guidance and suggestions for writing your Title I Program Plan. Section II contains templates to facilitate the writing of your Targeted Assistance plan. Section III provides a checklist to assist you in reviewing your plan and assuring that all components have been addressed. Section IV provides...
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
In 2008, Colorado introduced the Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) to streamline the improvement planning components of state and federal accountability requirements. The common Unified Improvement Planning template and planning processes used represent a shift from planning as an "event" to planning as a critical component of "continuous improvement." This process reduces the total number of separate plans schools and districts are required to complete...
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Title II, Part A (IIA) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provides funding for district-based initiatives designed to improve the quality of teaching and leadership in schools. Title IIA funds may be used for a vast array of activities including high-quality professional development, recruitment and retention of effective educators, helping teachers become highly qualified, and class size reduction. However, emerging research on...
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
In 2008, Colorado introduced the Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) to streamline the improvement planning components of state and federal accountability requirements. The common Unified Improvement Planning template and planning processes used represent a shift from planning as an "event" to planning as a critical component of "continuous improvement." This process reduces the total number of separate plans schools and districts are required to complete...
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) was introduced to streamline the improvement planning components of state and federal accountability requirements. The common Unified Improvement Planning template and planning processes used represent a shift from planning as an "event" to planning as a critical component of "continuous improvement." This process reduces the total number of separate plans schools and districts are required to complete with the intent...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) was introduced to streamline the improvement planning components of state and federal accountability requirements. The common Unified Improvement Planning template and planning processes used represent a shift from planning as an "event" to planning as a critical component of "continuous improvement." This process reduces the total number of separate plans schools and districts are required to complete with the intent...
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) was introduced to streamline the improvement planning components of state and federal accountability requirements. The common Unified Improvement Planning template and planning processes used represent a shift from planning as an "event" to planning as a critical component of "continuous improvement." This process reduces the total number of separate plans schools and districts are required to complete with the intent...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
The goal of Colorados education system is to ensure that all children have access to a high quality school and the opportunity to receive an excellent education. But for too many students--urban, suburban and rural schools--that expectation is not being met. It is widely held in the education profession that turning a chronically low-performing school into a high-performing school is the most difficult of all tasks. Many strategies have been tried;...
Pub. Date
2010-2013.
Description
The Education Accountability Act of 2009 requires the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) to evaluate all districts and schools based on their level of attainment on four key State performance indicators: academic achievement, academic growth, extent of gaps between student groups and postsecondary readiness. Prior to finalizing the DPF and SPF reports, districts had the opportunity to indicate if they disagreed with any of the Department's initial...
Pub. Date
2014-
Description
The Education Accountability Act of 2009 requires the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) to evaluate all districts and schools based on their level of attainment on four key State performance indicators: academic achievement, academic growth, extent of gaps between student groups and postsecondary readiness. Prior to finalizing the DPF and SPF reports, districts had the opportunity to indicate if they disagreed with any of the Department's initial...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
At the national level and in the state of Colorado, school turnover reforms and interventions have produced mixed results. However, some studies have indicated that several districts and schools have experienced a degree of success in improving student academic outcomes. In this report, CADRE researchers share results from conducting a qualitative multi-site case study at three former low performing schools located in one school district that adopted...
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
ProComp is an ambitious alternative teacher compensation system developed by Denver Public Schools (DPS) in cooperation with the Denver Classroom Teachers Association. This report summarizes a summative evaluation of ProComp conducted collaboratively by The Evaluation Center and the Buechner Institute for Governance at the University of Colorado Denver and the Center for Education Data and Research at the University of Washington. This report describes...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
The central objective of Title I, Part A is to ensure that all children reach challenging academic content standards, specifically in reading and math. The program provides supplemental resources to schools and students who have furthest to go in achieving these standards. In 2009-2010, CDE in collaboration with an external evaluation firm, OMNI Institute, studied the relationship between the amount of Title I funds distributed to schools and student...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
The Colorado Department of Education developed this resource guide to support schools and districts that engage external service providers as part of their school improvement process. A number of schools and districts are incorporating external expertise into their turnaround or transformation strategies with support from School Improvement Grants or Tiered Intervention Grant. Regardless of whether services are purchased with grant funds or per pupil...
.png)