We made some structural changes to the Academic Context and Connections portions of the Colorado Academic Standards publication to the following documents:
Reading, Writing, and Communicating (2018 r2020)
Mathematics (2018 r2020)
Computer Science (2018 r2020)
These changes will ensure that our capture structure of those portions is consistent across all subjects within the Academic Standards publication.
How will this change impact the standards data?
In the source except below, you will note the parenthetical details at the end of the statements. Originally, those were captured as a level of hierarchy. We have removed that level of hierarchy and instead captured the parentheticals as part of the statement text. We feel this is a better representation of the data.
Here is an example of the previous structure:
Academic Context and Connections
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Personal Skills, Self-Awareness
Colorado Essential Skill 1. Accurately recognize one’s own emotions, thoughts, and values and how they influence behavior.
Here is the new structure:
Academic Context and Connections
Colorado Essential Skill 1. Accurately recognize one’s own emotions, thoughts, and values and how they influence behavior. (Personal Skills, Self-Awareness)
As a result of the structural changes, we will also be updating the enhanced numbering in the math document.
How will this change impact alignments?
The changes made were not to any alignable statements. As such, any existing alignments between assets and standards will not change.
When is this change taking effect?
These changes were started at the beginning of August and will be complete by the beginning of September.
What action must I take?
You may want to update your version of the standards to reflect these changes.
How can I get more information?
For questions about these changes, please contact the Elevate Standards Alignment Support team.
