When Colorado school officials decided that it was time to update their curriculum, they chose to adopt the Common Core State Standards, according to Coloradoan. Melissa Colsman, director of teaching and learning for the state Department of Education, said that ultimately, they were searching for "fewer, clearer, higher standards."
According to its website, the Common Core State Standards is a national curriculum for mathematics and English language arts. One of its goals is to give students modern technology skills. However, it also aims to prepare high school graduates for college or the workforce.
Colsman said that this is an important part of the standards and she plans to implement this in the new state curriculum as well.
"We now have a seamless articulation of expectations from preschool to postsecondary education," she told the news source.
Colorado schools will begin to use the Common Core State Standards, in addition to their state-created curriculum, in the upcoming school year. At this time, students can expect to see a new transitional standardized testing system as well as a unique classroom learning school, the news outlet reports.
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