CTLT Mission: Catalyzing and co-creating the transformation of learning environments through the use of assessment so that all are engaged in learning and empowered to positively contribute in a global society.

The Center for Transforming Learning and Teaching (CTLT) will build on and sustain work that was started in 2003 by the Colorado Consortium for Data-Driven Decisions (C2D3), a five-year project funded by a grant from the Colorado Department of Education. CTLT builds on the information-based educational practices that were the focus of C2D3, transforming the C2D3 initiatives into professional development and support for educators as they implement 21st century standards-based practices. 

Our work over the past five years has taken us to places even farther than we might have imagined. 21^st century standards-based education builds on those premises first introduced in 1993 (or even farther back with outcomes based education) and seeks to prepare all learners, regardless of age, for life and jobs that don’t yet exist. What does it take to be a life-long learner? What are those skills that we need and how do we best use them? If, as some purport, public education needs massive change, what does that change look like? The growing vision of C2D3 to CTLT works to express the growth in thinking about standards based education over the past decade. The fact that all learners need to not just know how to recognize what they know, know what they don’t know and know what they need to do to reach those targets that have been clarified for all is part of empowering learners and increasing their engagement, motivation and efficacy.