privacy
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Noonan: State required tests risk religious, citizenship discrimination in higher ed
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Student data privacy and standardized testing have floated around the Capitol as hot issues for several years. In this legislative session, religious and citizenship discrimination has been added to this boiling stew through SB17-102, a bill concerned with demographic information collected by the College Board testing service through its Preliminary Scholastic Assessment Test (PSAT) and…
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Stephens: Colorado should rethink its tattletale tax reporting law
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There is a lot of talk in the state Legislature these days about taxes – from tax hikes on marijuana and new taxes for improved transportation to reduced taxes on business personal property and even eliminating taxes on some personal hygiene products. However, lawmakers may want to add one more tax-related issue to this robust debate…
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Pediatricians: Colorado Immunization Information System is good for children, public health
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We were disappointed to read the opinion column about the Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS) by Pam Long. Her column misrepresented CIIS, which provides an enormous benefit to Colorado’s families. Vaccines save many thousands of lives in the U.S. every year, and CIIS is a vital tool to maintain high immunization coverage and protect Colorado’s…
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Noonan: Colorado ed policy trending toward daily, not annual assessments
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Students across Colorado are now taking their PARCC assessments, also known as the Colorado Measure of Academic Success. United Opt Out, the organization working to stop standardized tests such as PARCC, will find out whether it can successfully push testing opt-out into middle and elementary schools. On April 11, Colorado’s House Education Committee unanimously passed…
