Colorado Students Benefit from Early Interventions

July 06, 2015 (UtahPolicy.com)

A new study from the non-partisan Utah Foundation shows students in Colorado are doing better on some broad measures of educational achievement than their counterparts in Utah.

The report Lessons from Our Neighbor: Learning from Colorado’s Educational Success also draws a strong contrast between Utah and Colorado in the commitment to preschool, full-day kindergarten, and early literacy programs.

In this report, Utah Foundation Research Director Shawn Teigen and Research Analyst Melissa Proctor compare Utah’s student performance with Colorado’s. Like Utah, Colorado has a growing Hispanic/Latino population, and spends less per student than the national average.

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