Posts tagged with testing
Denver assembles City Park Golf Course redesign team
Despite pending lawsuits, contracts for the City Park Golf Course redesign team were advanced by City Council committee members this week.
Last ditch lawsuit aims to stop I-70 expansion on environmental grounds
A prominent Denver developer and four other plaintiffs are suing the Federal Highway Administration over its decision to approve a major expansion of I-70 through north Denver.
CDOT pledges to hire 350 from neighborhoods adjacent to I-70 to work on expansion project
The Colorado Department of Transportation unveiled a new career center Thursday aimed at getting residents in and around north Denver ready to work on Interstate 70.
CDOT will build a $5 million sprinkler system under the I-70 cap
The system includes heat sensors and video detection that would trigger the sprinklers if there are signs of a fire.
Colorado will no longer give PARCC English and math tests, forging its own path
Colorado will begin shifting away from standardized tests developed as part of a controversial multi-state effort and toward tests developed mostly by Colorado educators.
Denver needs someone new to coordinate National Western Stock Show, Brighton Boulevard and other major projects
Anna Jones, the head of the North Denver Cornerstone Collaborative, is leaving her position after a little more than a year on the job.
The new-look SAT is here, ushering in more changes to how Colorado tests kids
On Tuesday, 11th graders across Colorado for the first time will take the new-look SAT, which is replacing the ACT as the mandatory state test for that grade.
Colorado lawmakers reach compromise on reading test controversy
A years-long controversy over what language Colorado schools should use to test the reading skills of young English language learners appears to be over.
Hickenlooper stands firm on testing ninth-graders, but which test will they take?
He did not indicate whether he would support dropping the existing tests to better align with those given to other high school students.
Neighborhood plans describe the places Globeville and Elyria-Swansea could be, if there were enough money.
Swansea is kind of "like Mayberry." If Mayberry had to deal with marijuana grow operations and 18-wheelers on residential streets.
What you need to know about the I-70 expansion everybody’s fighting about
CDOT and city officials want a new I-70 through north Denver, 10 lanes wide, dug into the earth between Brighton and Colorado boulevards, with new 46th Street frontage roads on the north and south sides of the highway. Naturally, it's complicated.