Revised Standards Implementation Toolkit Now Available On-line

We are excited to share that the new standards implementation toolkit
is now online and available!!!

The web site is designed to be user friendly and to provide activities
and tools for each phase of the standards implementation process.

The toolkit contains tools CDE has previously released as part of the
standards implementation readiness and dissemination phase. There are
also new tools to support Colorado School districts as they move into
the transition phase for new standards and new curriculum frameworks,
including:

1) The Vertical Articulation tool, which shows how the grade
level expectations build upon each other leading to the prepared
graduate competencies.

2) Concept connections, which show four concepts that are common
across at least five sets of standards in each grade Kindergarten
through fifth grade.

3) Discipline concept maps, which show how the concepts and
skills within each discipline at each grade level might be grouped
around organizing concepts and unifying themes.

Access the toolkit at http://www.cde.state.co.us/sitoolkit/index.htm.