News Summary

• Denver Public Schools recently released state assessment scores for around 55,000 students who participated in CMAS and SAT testing.
• EDUCATE Denver: We are not making a “real difference” for most of our kids as 65% of students are Black or Hispanic.
• Unless DPS can radically accelerate growth rates for historically underserved students, the nearly 50 point achievement gap between white students and students of color will only expand, they say.
• The district set strategic targets for minority student subgroups between 10 and 20 points higher than those actually achieved.