Colorado Academic Standards Review and Revision Details

Colorado Academic Standards: All Students, All Standards

The Colorado Academic Standards describe what students should know and be able to do to prepare them to be active citizens and successful in higher education and/or the workforce. A group of content area standards undergoes a review and revision process every two years. This page describes details of the current revision cycle, including meeting dates, committee rosters, and released materials. To read the current standards, or to learn more about the standards revision process in general, see these relevant pages.

Read the Colorado Academic Standards

Learn More About Standards Revision

The Current Revision Cycle: 2026, Group 3

Standards Revision Group 3 for comprehensive health; mathematics; reading, writing & communicating; and science

Four content areas — comprehensive health; mathematics; reading, writing & communicating; and science — are in the "Group 3" revision cycle. The expected process for review follows this timeline:

December 2024: The State Board of Education determines if content area standards need revision.
January and February 2025: Coloradoans can apply for standards revision committee membership.
March 2025: The committees are selected, announced, and organized.
Spring/Summer 2025: Standards revision committees meet to develop recommendations for revision.
Fall 2025: The committees' recommendations are presented to the State Board of Education and stakeholders for feedback.
Fall 2025: Standards revision committees consider feedback and finalize recommendations.
Winter/Spring 2026: Final recommendations are presented to the State Board of Education for approval.

Youth Involvement in Standards: By statute, CDE is required to involve students in the review and revision of the Colorado Academic Standards. For the Group 3 revisions, CDE Commissioner Susana Córdova has selected Sarah Elmore of Campo High School (Campo School District RE-6) to be the Colorado Youth Advisor to the Academic Standards Review and Regional Educator Meetings for 2025-26.

Comprehensive Health

content area icon for comprehensive health

At the December 11, 2024 meeting of the State Board of Education, the board voted to adopt the 2018 revision of the Comprehensive Health standards with no revisions. Barring any further action by the board or the legislature, these standards will remain in effect until the 2032 revision cycle.

Mathematics

content area icon for mathematics

Meeting Schedule

Meeting 1: Tuesday, April 8, 6:30 to 8:30 pm via Zoom (registration for public observation)
- Agenda:
  - Committee Introductions
  - Understand the committee's charge
  - Begin to conceptualize the revision process
Meeting 2: Tuesday, April 22, 6:30 to 8:30 pm via Zoom (registration for public observation)
Meeting 3: Tuesday, May 13, 6:30 to 8:30 pm via Zoom (registration for public observation)
Meeting 4: Tuesday, May 27, 6:30 to 8:30 pm via Zoom (registration for public observation)

Meeting dates for Summer and Fall 2024 are to be determined.

Open Meetings

Standards revision committee meetings are open to the public and the press. While visitors are welcome, they are not allowed to insert themselves as participants. To avoid interrupting the work of the committee, we ask that visitors:

For online meetings:

Register in advance of the meeting
Leave their cameras and microphones off
Don't engage with the chat
Ask questions outside of the meeting

For in-person meetings:

Sign in when entering the meeting room
Sit in the area designated for visitors
Avoid interrupting the meeting
Wait until after the meeting to ask any questions

If you are a journalist, introduce yourself to the CDE facilitator and let them help you get any information you are looking for.

Committee Members

Sidney Cerise
Mathematics Teacher
Greeley-Evans School District 6

Justin Cole
Mathematics Specialist
Denver Public Schools

Amber Gardner
Mathematics Specialist
Cherry Creek School District

Kara Ingram
Mathematics Teacher
Littleton Public Schools

Joanie Funderburk, Chairperson
Past President
Colorado Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Paul Nameth
School Administrator
Fremont School District RE-2

Megan Noonan
Mathematics Teacher
Aspen School District

Nathaniel Owen
Mathematics Teacher
Manitou Springs School District 14

Lindsay Reiten
Associate Professor
University of Northern Colorado

Lisa Rogers
Mathematics Specialist
Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8

Patricia Scriffiny
Mathematics Teacher
Montrose County School District RE-1J

David Webb
Associate Professor
University of Colorado Boulder

Reading, Writing and Communicating

content area icon for reading, writing, and communicating

At the December 11, 2024 meeting of the State Board of Education, the board voted to adopt the 2018 revision of the Reading, Writing and Communicating standards with no revisions. Barring any further action by the board or the legislature, these standards will remain in effect until the 2032 revision cycle.

Science

content area icon for science

At their December 2024 meeting, the State Board of Education directed CDE staff to evaluate the current K-12 science standards and make recommendations to strengthen the standards around climate science. Because this process will not call for a review and revision committee, it is expected to take less time than the revisions for high school mathematics. The expected timeline is as follows:

Winter 2025: Research and development of draft recommendations
April 2025: Preliminary recommendations presented to State Board of Education
April 2025: Preliminary recommendations posted for public feedback
May 2025: Recommendations are revised based on feedback
June 2025: Final recommendations presented to the board for approval