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About Assessments

Meaningful and relevant tests work hand-in-hand with rigorous academic standards. The state’s summative tests are called the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS), which measure students’ mastery of the standards and the complex thinking and other critical skills students need to be successful in school and in life. CMAS assessments are developed by Colorado educators in partnership with CDE and the state's assessment vendor.

Frequently Asked Questions

State Content Tests

Score Reports

Results for the state content tests are available in the summer.

Individual student performance reports become available to families in June.
District- and school-level student data files, summary data files, and individual student performance reports become available to districts and schools in June.
School- and district-level reports become available throughout June and July.

Districts and schools may begin using available data and results IMMEDIATELY for internal planning and to discuss individual student performance with families. Resources to help parents better understand what the test results mean and how they can be used to support their student's academic success are linked in the following section.

The Assessment Division shares preliminary state-level overall achievement data for CMAS, PSAT, and SAT at the June State Board of Education meeting. Final state-level achievement and growth data (overall and disaggregated) are publicly released at the August State Board of Education meeting. Click here for all reporting dates.

Assessment Results

Attention Parents

Access student results when they become available in May (PSAT and SAT) and June (CMAS and CoAlt).

CMAS Tests	CoAlt Science
SAT & PSAT	CoAlt Math & ELA

You need your student's state identifier (SASID) to access CMAS and CoAlt results; CollegeBoard student accounts are used to access PSAT and SAT results.

Practice Resources

CMAS Colorado-developed	Tutorials and released questions with scoring guides
CoAlt Colorado-developed	Science and social studies practice questions
SAT & PSAT	Practice and preparation information
CoAlt DLM	ELA and math sample activities and released testlets

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