Colorado Assessments Resource Portal

Overview

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The Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) is Colorado’s standards-based assessment designed to measure how well students are learning the Colorado Academic Standards (CAS).

A very small number of students with significant cognitive disabilities take the Colorado Alternate (CoAlt) assessment instead of CMAS. CoAlt is based on the Extended Evidence Outcomes of the CAS.

The CMAS and CoAlt assessments are collaboratively developed by the Colorado Department of Education, the Colorado educator community, and Colorado’s assessment contractor, Pearson. The results help students, families, schools, and districts understand how well students are learning and where support may be needed to help all students succeed.