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Denver, CO 80203

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Spring 2020 State Assessment Windows

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Get Involved!

Educator participation is critical to Colorado's state assessment development and validation process. Colorado educators may serve on committees related to CMAS, CoAlt, and CSLA.

Register for assessment development committee selection.

Save the Date

September 18-19, 2019 NCME Special Conference on Classroom Assessment.

Learn More About State Assessments in Colorado

• Colorado Measures of Academic Success
  • CMAS Mathematics, English Language Arts/Literacy, Science, and Social Studies
• Colorado Alternate Assessment
  • CoAlt Science and Social Studies Alternate
  • CoAlt English Language Arts and Mathematics Alternate (DLM)
    • Dynamic Learning Maps (DLM)
• Colorado PSAT
• Colorado SAT
• ACCESS for ELLs

Frequently Requested Information

• Spring 2020 CMAS and CoAlt Procedures Manual (PDF) - coming soon
• Spring 2020 Colorado State Assessment Tentative Windows

Colorado Assessment Literacy Program

The Colorado Assessment Literacy Program offers tools and resources aimed at supporting educators’ efforts to expand their understanding of the purposes and uses of assessment information to guide instruction and improve student learning.

The program includes resources that help to build capacity across districts, align and develop sustainable assessments systems, including classroom, district, and state assessments.

Learn more about the Colorado Assessment Literacy Program.