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Notice of Retraction: A Seat at the Table: Colorado Students’ Access to Top Colleges

A+ Colorado is rescinding the initial version of the report A Seat at the Table: Colorado Students’ Access to Top Colleges, released December 2017. Shortly after the new year, A+ Colorado discovered a significant problem with the underlying data that tracked Colorado high school students’ college matriculation. 

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Letter to State Board of Education on Progress of Aurora Public Schools

Letter to State Board of Education about how APS is progressing April, 2017

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A+ on Colorado’s Implementation Plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

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Letter to State Board of Education on Accountability Frameworks

A letter to the Colorado State Board of Education from a coalition of advocacy groups detailing concerns about CDE changes to student data reporting.

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Aurora Public Schools Innovation Zone Plan Reviews

A+ Colorado reviews 2015 APS innovation zone plans.

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School Turnaround Recommendations

In this memo A+ Denver offers commentary, a series of recommendations, and areas for further inquiry on school turnaround in Denver Public Schools.

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School Leadership Recommendations

In this memo, A+ Denver and Donnell-Kay recommend strategies aimed at helping Denver Public Schools define a best-in-class leadership management system.

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2014-2015 SPF Letters

Letters exchanged between the SPF coalition (including A+) and Denver Public Schools about the state of the SPF.

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DPS SchoolChoice Findings: An Outsider’s Perspective

In January 2012, the SchoolChoice Transparency Committee was created to receive and interpret two separate third party reports analyzing the SchoolChoice process and data. This letter addresses the University of Colorado Denver’s first analysis.

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Denver School Performance by School Board Member Districts: Results and Trends

Denver School Performance by School Board Member Districts, 2010-2011

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