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The Colorado Department of Education has engaged in the standards development process on multiple occasions. The department uses a process that is shared across states and nations that is outlined below. This process would be followed to develop new standards should the state choose to change its math and reading, writing, and communicating standards. To follow the process with fidelity generally takes one year. Schools and districts then need...

The current report is a review of the initial year of the Colorado Reading Directorate (CRD), with an emphasis on the process utilized to review teacher preparation programs related to literacy.