CDE is looking for youth advisors for the 2023-25 Colorado Academic Standards revision process. Every two years, the state is required to review and revise a portion of the Colorado Academic Standards. Recently passed legislation requires the state to include youth advisors in the standards review process.

The next set of standards to be reviewed will include computer science, English language proficiency, physical education and world languages.

Applications for youth advisors are available until Friday, Aug. 25. The youth advisors must be 14 to 19 years old and enrolled, attending or recently graduated from one of the following:

• A Colorado junior high, middle or high school, including tribal schools, online schools, charter schools or approved facility schools
• A nonpublic home-based educational program
• A high school equivalency examination program
• Or who have obtained a high school diploma through successfully completing a high school equivalency examination.

Youth advisors will serve a two-year term and may be able to serve more than one term. Click here for more information about youth advisors and the standards review and revision process.

CDE is looking for youth advisors for the 2023-25 Colorado Academic Standards revision process. Every two years, the state is required to review and revise a portion of the Colorado Academic Standards. Recently passed legislation requires the state to include youth advisors in the standards review process. 

The next set of standards to be reviewed will include computer science, English language proficiency, physical education and world languages.  

Applications for youth advisors are available until Tuesday, Aug. 15. The youth advisors must be 14 to 19 years old and enrolled, attending or recently graduated from one of the following:

• A Colorado junior high, middle or high school, including tribal schools, online schools, charter schools or approved facility schools.
• A nonpublic home-based educational program.
• A high school equivalency examination program.
• Or who have obtained a high school diploma through successfully completing high school equivalency examination.

Youth advisors will serve a two-year term and may be able to serve more than one term. Click here for more information about youth advisors and the standards review and revision process.

CDE's department-wide grants management system, GAINS, will launch this fall. GAINS will streamline and consolidate multiple CDE application systems and processes into a single location and system.

CDE will host in-person trainings from Tuesday, Sept. 19, to Thursday, Sept. 28, for external system users, as well as one virtual training.

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The School Improvement and Planning team will host these training webinars:

• Accountability 101: Tuesday, Aug. 15, 1-2:30 p.m.
• Stakeholder Engagement with the UIP: Thursday, Aug. 17, 10-11 a.m.
• Data Dashboards for Improvement Planning: Thursday, Aug. 31, 10-11 a.m.
• Year 1 Priority Improvement/Turnaround UIP Support Webinar: Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1-2:30 p.m.

Visit the Accountability training webpage to register for a session.

State assessment results will be presented and publicly released at the Aug. 17 State Board of Education meeting. An assessment communication toolkit is available to help districts and schools communicate with families about CMAS, PSAT and SAT scores.