CO: Accountability Pause Gets Go-Ahead from Biden Administration
April 22, 2021
Colorado education officials were given approval to pause much of its accountability system this school year by the Biden administration. Instead, the state was told to be prepared to meet federal accountability requirements by 2022. Because of the shift, Colorado officials will not have to identify low-performing schools this school year to intervene and won’t be held to the expectation that 95% of students take a statewide summative test. The state will still be required to report out information related to student absenteeism and internet and technology access.