Colorado

		REPORT CARD
		NAEP exams		% Scoring proficient
		1996 8th grade math		25%
		1996 4th grade math		22%
		1996 8th grade science		32%
		1994 4th grade reading		28%
		QUALITY COUNTS 1999 grades
		Standards and assessments		C-
		Efforts to raise teacher quality		B
		School climate		C-
		Resources (funding):
			Adequacy	F
			Equity	C+
			Allocation	C-

C olorado got a middling grade on standards and assessments because its standards in math and social studies didn't pass muster with the American Federation of Teachers. The state plans to hold districts accountable for results in the future, but leaves schools out of the equation. Colorado remains at the bottom of our adequacy indicators. Last November, voters rejected a measure that would have allowed the state to spend about $1 billion in surplus revenues on schools.

* NOTE: The equity grade is based on 1994-95 data, the most recent available.

© 1999 Editorial Projects in Education

Vol. 18, number 17, page 132