Colorado Department of Education issued the following announcement on Nov. 24.
The Standards and Instructional Support Office is accepting applications through Jan. 11 for standards revision committee membership in the following content areas: social studies, visual arts, music, dance and drama/theatre arts.
About the Colorado Academic Standards Review and Revision
Colorado House Bill 20-1032 (section 22-7-1005(6) C.R.S.) amended the provision that required the regular review and revision of the Colorado Academic Standards. The statute previously required the revisions to occur within six years of the prior cycle which occurred in 2018. The changes now require the state board to review and revise approximately one-third of the standards beginning in 2022 and an additional one-third every two years thereafter.
It is understood that the 2020-2021 school year is the first year of implementation of the standards that were revised in 2018. One-third of the standards that were adopted in 2018 will begin the review and revision cycle beginning in the Spring of 2021. These review and revision cycles are not intended to re-write the standards, but to update them to be most current with national and international benchmarks.
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