DENVER—Results from the annual Colorado Student Assessment Program test show nearly three-quarters of the state’s 60,063 third-graders are reading at grade level—the highest mark in five years.
For the past four years, the percentage of students proficient or advanced on the third-grade Colorado Student Assessment Program was between 70 percent and 71 percent.
This year, 73 percent were proficient or advanced. The highest mark was 74 percent proficiency set in 2003-04.
Jo O’Brien, assistant commissioner for the office of standards and assessments at the Colorado Department of Education, says the battle isn’t over. But she says this year’s 3-point increase over 2008 is a “very nice move forward.”
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Information from: The Denver Post,
