TCAP
Newly Released TCAP Scores Show Slightly Fewer Colorado Students Proficient in Core Subjects
The Colorado Department of Education this week released the results of the 2014 Transitional Colorado Assessment Program, or TCAP, for reading, writing and math. The new results indicate that the percentage of Colorado students scoring proficient or above declined slightly across all three subjects, continuing a decade-long trend of relatively flat student achievement. According to the new results, 68.9 percent of Colorado students in grades three through 10 were proficient in reading, down slightly from 69.5 percent in 2013. In math, 56.4 percent of students were proficient, declining from 56.7 percent in 2013. Proficiency levels were lowest in writing, where only 54.3 percent of Colorado students scored proficient or above, down from 55 percent in 2013. Additionally, the percentage of st...
