Assessment Division

2024 Assessment Data and Results

Note: Data files and reports became available to districts and schools throughout June and July. Districts and schools may share confidential individual student performance reports with parents and may use aggregated and individual student level results internally for informational and planning purposes as soon as they are received.

CMAS Results

CoAlt Science Results

CoAlt Math & ELA (DLM) Results

SAT & PSAT Results

Contact CDE Accountability for information regarding growth and district/school performance frameworks.

About

Office Responsibilities

Oversees Colorado assessments and implementation of assessments.

Assessments administered by the division include the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) and SAT suite of assessments as the state's summative content assessments for measures of college/career readiness, the ACCESS English language proficiency assessments, and the Colorado Alternate Assessments (CoAlt) for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. The CMAS are the state tests in English language arts and math for grades three through eight; science for grades five, eight and 11; and social studies, which is sampled in grades four and seven. Colorado administers the PSAT in grades nine and 10 and the SAT in grade 11. ACCESS and Alternate ACCESS are administered in grades K through 12.

Find Your District's State Assessment Contact for Assessment Support

News

State Assessment Development Flyer

Frequently Requested Information

Spring 2025 Colorado State Assessment Windows
Spring 2025 CMAS and CoAlt Procedures Manual
State Assessment Reporting Timeline

Colorado Assessment Literacy Program

The Colorado Assessment Literacy Program offers tools and resources aimed at supporting educators’ efforts to expand their understanding of the purposes and uses of assessment information to guide instruction and improve student learning.

The program includes resources that help to build capacity across districts, align and develop sustainable assessments systems, including classroom, district, and state assessments.

Learn more about the Colorado Assessment Literacy Program.

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Colorado Student-Centered Science Assessment Learning Series and Toolkit

The Colorado Student-Centered Science Assessment Learning Series and Toolkit is a sustained and supported professional learning experience designed to shift the culture of assessment to one where students experience assessment as an important part of learning that is positive, confidence-building, and empowering and teachers have access to assessments that are designed to reveal pivotal information about student sense-making.

Learn more about the Colorado Student-Centered Science Assessment Learning Series and Toolkit.