Author: JASON GONZALES Chalkbeat Colorado
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The pandemic hurt Colorado community college fall enrollment. But not as much as school leaders feared.
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Colorado community college enrollment dipped slightly over last year, an encouraging sign after expectations the pandemic would again deter a larger group of students from attending this fall. The Colorado Community College System saw enrollment decline half a percent this year compared with last year, according to Joe Garcia, system chancellor. And unlike last year,…
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Federal education department grants Colorado approval to scale back standardized testing
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Colorado students will take fewer standardized tests this spring after the federal government Friday approved the state’s plans to pare them down. The federal waiver allows Colorado to cut science tests in all but eighth grade and all social studies tests. And students will be given either a math or a literacy test, depending on…
