Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

The Colorado Academic Standards (CAS) are the expectations of what students need to know and be able to do at the end of each grade. They also stand as the values and content organizers of what Colorado sees as the future skills and essential knowledge for our next generation to be more successful. State standards are the basis of the annual state assessment.

Supplemental Educational Services (SES) are additional academic instruction designed to increase the academic achievement of students in Title I schools with a status of Priority Improvement or Turnaround outside the regular school day.

The purpose of this document is to provide non-regulatory guidance to school districts on ways to align their existing district assessments with a district alternate assessment that meets the requirements of IDEA 2004.

The Office of Student Assessment develops Item Maps following the administration of the summative assessment each year. The item maps contain information that may be of some assistance examining a school or districts adopted curricular alignment to the state standards. They are not an instructional tool, and cannot be used to develop curriculum. Item maps are linked to a specific form and year of the test. They are useful in a broader sense of ensuring...