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Overall, Colorado districts succeeded in administering the state's first online state wide assessments. Challenges were encountered along the way; however, districts and schools were committed to working through them in a manner that allowed students to complete testing. Lessons learned during the science and social studies administration and the PARCC administration will be invaluable to improving next year's assessment administration. Many of the...

Colorado is currently transitioning its major state student assessments. After using the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) assessment for English language arts and mathematics assessments for a number of years, Colorado implemented the Transitional Colorado Assessment Program (TCAP) assessment starting in the 2012 school year. That year, Colorado also joined the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) consortium....

This was the third-year submission of the Foothills Behavioral Health Partners (FBHP) Reducing ED Utilization for Youth PIP. This topic addressed CMS' requirements related to quality outcomes--specifically, access to, and quality of, care and services. The purpose of this study was to reduce the rate of emergency department (ED) visits for a covered mental health diagnosis that did not result in a hospitalization within 24 hours of the ED visit.