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District officials to discuss instruction strategies Test scores, deeper-learning approaches on Jan. 13 meeting agenda BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A sunset over Owl Woman.
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A Clear Creek County peak along Highway 103 and Fire Tower Trail was recently renamed Mestaa’ehehe Mountain. The new name honors Owl Woman, a Cheyenne translator and mediator who was inducted into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame in 1985. The mountain’s previous name was acknowledged as derogatory by locals and government bodies alike, and on Dec. 9, a federal naming board approved the name Mestaa’ehehe Mountain. On Dec. 8, Mother Nature provided a dazzling sunset along Fire Tower Trail and over the newly renamed peak. JoshSpinner- Broker, Owner Local Expert since1999
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The Clear Creek School District has some work to do regarding student instruction. Superintendent Karen Quanbeck told the school board recently that the district needed to focus on deeper learning to better engage students and to meet or exceed the Colorado Academic Standards. Teaching concepts the first time needs to do the job, so students need fewer interventions, she said. She pointed to standardized testing data, which she reminded the board is only one way of measuring student learning, that shows student achievement is not where should be in English/language arts and math. She said statewide and in Clear Creek, CMAS test scores declined since the pandemic started. Students who learned remotely during the pandemic declined the most in their test scores, she added. The school board will have a more in-depth discussion on student instruction at its next board study session at 11:30 a.m. Jan. 13. The public may attend the meeting virtually, and the link will be available on the agenda by Jan. 12. It can be found on SEE INSTRUCTION, P3
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