Colorado Read  Act

About the Colorado READ Act 

(Resource - CDE READ Act Overview)

The Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act (Colorado READ Act) was passed by the Colorado legislature in 2012, giving the state the guiding philosophy, structure and resources to get children reading at grade level by the time they enter the fourth grade.

• Learn more about the READ Act with this overview

• Frequently Asked Questions about the READ Act

• Read the READ Act legislative report

• Spanish READ Act Parent Fact Sheet

FAQs from DCSD’s READ Act Site

• The READ Act requires use of an interim assessment to determine whether a student has a significant reading deficiency in grades K through 3.

• Douglas County School District neighborhood schools use i-Ready as their approved READ Act interim and diagnostic assessment tool.

• Douglas County School District aligns support plans for students (IEPs, ELLPs, ALPs, READ Plans, etc). The plans remain separate documents, but connected through aligned goals and interventions.

Colorado READ Act Resources

Literacy Curriculum Transparency 

Click on the Literacy Curriculum Transparency Icon to view the Literacy Curriculum Transparency dashboard.  This dashboard provides stakeholders a state, district, school, and grade level view of literacy instructional Core, Supplemental, Intervention programming, services and supports, the number of students who have READ plans, and the number of students who have achieved reading competency.

Please reach out to Bear Canyon’s READ Act Contact, Megan Bruce, for additional information or with any questions.  She can be reached at 303-387-6489 or mpbruce@dcsdk12.org