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How do I understand my child's progress, or the progress of all of the students in a group, school, or district?
How do I use the Colorado Growth Model and SchoolView?
Where do I find resources that are right for my child or my school?
Look for this page to be updated with new resources and tools to connect teachers across the state and to allow parents to become more actively involved in their children’s' education.
Introducing Colorado's Growth Model
- Introducing Colorado's Growth Model (Video)
A presentation of the basic ideas behind the Colorado Growth Model - Associate Commissioner Richard Wenning on the Colorado Growth Model (Video)
A Presentation on the Colorado Growth Model and its data displays - Guided Tour through Public Growth Data (Video)
Short video guiding users through the kinds of data displays available to the public accessing school level data in the Colorado Growth Model.
- Guide to Individual Student Growth and Achievement Report
A sample Individual Student Growth and Achievement Report, produced by CDE, plus a guide to understanding the report and how it portrays growth and achievement.- Individual Student Growth and Achievement Report Guide - English (PDF)
- Individual Student Growth and Achievement Report Guide - Amharic (PDF)
- Individual Student Growth and Achievement Report Guide - Arabic (PDF)
- Individual Student Growth and Achievement Report Guide - Korean (PDF)
- Individual Student Growth and Achievement Report Guide - Russian (PDF)
- Individual Student Growth and Achievement Report Guide - Spanish (PDF)
- Individual Student Growth and Achievement Report Guide - Vietnamese (PDF)
- Colorado Growth Model FAQ (PDF)
This set of frequently asked questions will help you to understand more about the Colorado Growth Model and how it works.
The Power of the Colorado Growth Model:
Accessing Student Level Information
- Guided Tour through Private Growth Data (Video)
Short video presentations guiding users through the kinds of data displays available to educators accessing student-level data in the Colorado Growth Model. - Demonstration Version of the Colorado Growth Model (Interactive Online Demo)
Take the full-featured Colorado Growth Model for a test drive, complete with student-level data from a fictitious school district. The data are all from real students, but were made anonymous for demonstration purposes.
Please use the following login information to view the demo:
Username: gmdemo@cde.state.co.us
Password: 2!gMDemo
- User Guide for Demonstration Version of the Colorado Growth Model (PDF)
This document will help you understand how to navigate your way through the different data views to be explored in the Demonstration Version of the Colorado Growth Model
- User Guide for Demonstration Version of the Colorado Growth Model (PDF)
Educators on Growth
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Aligning Colorado's Education Accountability System
The Education Accountability Act (SB 09-163) was signed into law by Governor Ritter on May 21, 2009. Its purpose was to align conflicting accountability systems and create a common understanding of school, district, and state performance using the Colorado Growth Model as its cornerstone.
Accreditation Resources
- SMART Goal Examples (11/09/09)
