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Members of the Kansas State Board of Education were presented with additional information about the 2025 state assessment cut scores during their monthly meeting, Sept. 9-10, in Topeka.
Staff members of the Kansas State Department of Education’s career, standards and assessment services, told board members individual student, building and district-level results of past spring’s new summative assessments are now available on the Kite® educator portal. These updated reports provide insights into student performance relative to grade-level learning standards in English language arts (grades 3–8, 10), mathematics (grades 3–8, 10), and science (grades 5 and 8).
Every parent wants their child to be a confident reader. But what really helps children learn to read? In this episode of the KSDE Insight Podcast, Kansas Education Commissioner Dr. Randy Watson talks with literacy experts about the Science of Reading, the research that explains how the brain learns to read and why it matters for your child.
Members of the Kansas State Board of Education will hear reports on the 2025 spring assessments during their monthly meeting, Sept. 9-10, in Topeka.
The U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to all state education chiefs this week, announcing the end to the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program.
Every parent wants their child to be a confident reader. But what really helps children learn to read?
In an upcoming episode of the KSDE Insight Podcast, Kansas Education Commissioner Randy Watson talks with literacy experts about the Science of Reading, the research that explains how the brain learns to read and why it matters for your child.
Have a question about your child’s education? Kansas Education Commissioner Dr. Randy Watson wants to hear from you.
KESA 2.0 now has another tool in the school improvement toolbox: The KESA implementation specialist.
The Kansas State Department of Education’s accreditation and design team said the KESA implementation specialist’s role “is critical in producing a clear reflection of each system’s school improvement work” and the data they collect “will align the work of the system with the actions of the KESA action plan review team.”
With the 2025-26 academic year off and running, it’s important to make sure parents understand the impact regular school attendance has on student success.
Schools are encouraged to share with parents July’s KSDE Insight Podcast - Missing More Than Class: What Parents Need to Know About Chronic Absenteeism on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube.
As Kansas children are returning to the classroom for the start of the 2025-26 academic year, the Kansas Commissioner of Education has a message for educators:
“We’ve got to be so intentional,” Dr. Randy Watson said. “When the kids walk in, we all have to execute at a high level. If anyone can get this work done, we can do it in Kansas.”
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