Issue Briefs Academic Standards and the Common Core (2014) Subject: Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12) Published: July 21, 2014 Agency: Legislative Council Staff Academic standards provide a broad outline for what students are expected to know and be able to do at the end of each grade level, and for what students should know in order to be prepared to enter college or the workforce by the time they graduate from high school. In Colorado, academic standards are also the basis of the annual statewide assessment. Download Document
