Colorado schools post improvements on standardized tests
Story By: Bea Karnes
Source: KOAA
Colorado schools are doing better on standardized evaluations. The results announced today show that 48 percent of the state's students attended a school rated high or excellent last year, up from 39 percent five years ago.
The Colorado Department of Education report gave 12 percent of schools an excellent rating and 31 percent earned a high ranking. On the opposite end of the scale, 11 schools were rated unsatisfactory. Ten schools moved off of that list last year.
Last week, a task force established by Gov. Ritter proposed a number of steps to streamline Colorado education from preschool to graduate school. The suggestions include higher pay for teachers, changing statewide achievement tests and tracking troubled students to reduce dropout rates. CSU Pueblo President Joseph Garcia was a member of that task force.
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