Boards endorse social studies CSAPs
Colorado students should be tested on social studies at least three times during their K-12 careers, the state’s two top education boards proposed Monday.
The recommendation came as the State Board of Education and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education agreed to a broad set of five “attributes” they want to see in a new state testing system to replace the current CSAPs.
A 2008 state law, the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids, requires creation of a new state testing system and specifically assigned the two boards to agree on a broad shape for the program by Dec. 15. The SBE also is scheduled to consider a more detailed description of the new system, also mandated by the law, at a meeting next week.
The language agreed on by the two boards reads: “Science and Social Studies will be measured at least once in