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The article attributes this partly to the PSAT/SAT format using multiple-choice questions, while CMAS requires students to write out answers.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},497450,1791142429,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":66,"doc_module":4,"category_id":19,"category_name":20,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":133,"file_id":134,"file_url":135,"file_type":136,"file_size":137,"view_count":52,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":138,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":144,"preview_page_count":4},4398046744996,"NEWS 􀀋 EDUCATION • News  \n2026 CMAS results show Colorado students making gainsin math, falling behind in reading  \nColorado Measures of Academic Success tests are administered to students in third through eighth grades  \nSara Thorp teaches math skills to her fifth-grade class at Welby Community School, in the Mapleton Public Schools district, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, in Denver. Mapleton Public Schools bucked the statewide trend in this year ’s CMAS results by increasing proficiency in both language arts and math. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)  \n[By MEG WINGERTER | mwingerter@denverpost.com | The Denver](By MEG WINGERTER | mwingerter@denverpost.com | The Denver) Post  \nPUBLISHED: August 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM MDT | UPDATED: August 19, 2026 at 1:04 PM MDT  \nLanguage arts proficiency rates dropped for half of the grades that took Colorado’s latest statewide achievement tests, while rates in mathematics held steady or increased.  \nThe state administers annual tests in language arts and math, known as the Colorado Measures of Academic Success, to students in third through eighth grade annually. It also offers versions of the PSAT and SAT to assess high school students’ performance.  \nOnly students in fifth, eighth and 11 th grades take a science exam. Proficiency dropped in fifth grade, while decreases among older students didn’t reach significance, which the Colorado Department of Education defines as 1 .5 percentage points.  \nThe state administered social studies tests for the first time this year. In fourth grade, 25.6% of students met expectations, while 36 .6% of seventh graders did.  \nREAD MORE  \nIn high school, the share of students meeting expectations on the PSAT in 10th grade improved slightly for both math and language arts. Ninth graders improved in math and held steady in language arts, while a smaller percentage of 11 th graders met the reading and writing standard on the SAT.  \nInterestingly, high school students were more likely to meet expectations on the PSAT or SAT than younger students were on the state tests. That probably reflects that the version of the PSAT and SAT they take involves multiple-choice questions, while CMAS requires students to write out answers, said Christina Wirth-Hawkins, chief assessment officer atthe Colorado Department of Education.  \nThe share of students statewide who met or exceeded expectations for their grade level in language arts increased in grades four and five, but was essentially flat in third grade and dropped in the middle school years. The share meeting that standard ranged from a low of 40 .8% in third grade to a high of 49 .9% in fifth grade.  \nThe statewide progress in fourth and fifth grade language arts suggests that efforts to help struggling readers are at least partially successful, with today’s fifth-graders significantly more likely to meet or exceed grade-level expectations than they were in third grade, Wirth-Hawkins said. Efforts to focus on literacy in kindergarten through second grade and to assess students’ abilities in those early years may have helped better prepare children when they hit third grade and started taking the state tests, she said.  \nSkip Ad  \nIn contrast, math proficiency rose by a margin the Department of Education deemed significant for fourth and eighth graders compared to 2025 . The other tested grades’rates of meeting and exceeding expectations also moved in a positive direction, but the changes didn’t rise to the level of significance.  \nMath proficiency was still lower, however, ranging from 32 .7% in sixth grade to 41 .5% in third grade.  \nIn 2025, students also demonstrated greater growth in math than in language arts. Interestingly, however, what improvement there was in reading and writing mostly showed up in middle school, with relatively flat scores for younger students, according to Chalkbeat.  \nColorado Education Commissioner Susana Córdova said the results showed opportunities for improvement, but cautioned against a","cbCaiuirWgbO3tDg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuirWgbO3tDg","pdf",6630334,11,"English","# CMAS statewide testing overview\n## Language arts trends by grade\n## Mathematics trends and significance\n# High school PSAT/SAT comparisons\n## Interpretation of assessment formats\n# Literacy efforts in early grades\n# District case studies: Douglas County and Denver Public Schools","[{\"question\":\"How did language arts proficiency change in Colorado in the 2026 CMAS results?\",\"answer\":\"Language arts proficiency dropped in half of the tested grades. Fourth and fifth grade rates increased, while the middle school years saw declines and overall fewer than half met or exceeded expectations.\"},{\"question\":\"What happened to math proficiency across the tested grades?\",\"answer\":\"Math proficiency held steady or increased, including significant gains in fourth and eighth grades compared to 2025. Math proficiency remained lower overall, ranging from 32.7% in sixth grade to 41.5% in third grade.\"},{\"question\":\"How do PSAT and SAT results relate to CMAS results for high school students?\",\"answer\":\"High school students were more likely to meet expectations on PSAT or SAT than on the state tests. The article attributes this partly to the PSAT/SAT format using multiple-choice questions, while CMAS requires students to write out answers.\"}]","2026 CMAS results show Colorado students making gains in math, falling behind in reading | PDF",1790956234,28]