DENVER -- Colorado Governor Bill Ritter unveiled his ambitious plan to overhaul the state's education system Wednesday.

The governor made the announcement on the steps of the state capitol Wednesday afternoon, with the bill’s bi-partisan sponsors by his side.

The education reform plan, known as the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids, or CAP4K, would realign or create new assessments, which could mean the end of C-SAPs and other testing methods.

The plan already has its supporters and critics.

“I think that the state standards that we have currently have been around since 1996, and we can’t live in a stagnant world. Our world is changing and our educational standards need to be changing right along with them,” said Pati Montgomery, principal at Lakewood’s O’Connell Middle School.

“The most important thing in this state is that we raise expectations, and I don’t believe you can legislate expectations,” said Pam Benigno, the director of education policy for the Independence Institute, and independent think tank.

“I have concerns that we would be wiping out all of our data from our current CSAP assessments,” added Benigno.

The plan focuses on connections between K-12 and higher education. It establishes a more congruent system from early childhood to college, or ages 4 through 24.

The bill will now go before state lawmakers.

“I think if we have common understandings about what we want for the children across Colorado, we’re more likely to get there,” said Jefferson County Public Schools superintendent Cindy Stevenson.

Stevenson said it’s going to be a challenge, it’s going to take funding and it’s going to take a lot of work, especially training teachers. But she said it is a great idea in theory and she is supportive of the governor’s reform plan.