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Members of the Kansas State Board of Education approved new performance level descriptors (PLDs) for the revised 2025 state assessments during their May meeting in Topeka.
“It’s clarity,” Beth Fultz, director of the Kansas State Department of Education’s Career, Standards and Assessment Services, told board members. “It’s just clarifying what the test will measure.”
The revised performance level descriptors were developed and reviewed by Kansas experts and educators over the past year. The PLDs will provide a foundation for setting cut scores that identify the level of proficiency students achieve on the assessments.
As summer break approaches, how can Kansas families and educators help students avoid the "summer slide" and hold onto the academic gains they've made throughout the year?
Join Kansas Education Commissioner Dr. Randy Watson and his guests as they discuss engaging, accessible ways to keep kids reading, thinking, and learning all summer long.
Second grade students in Valley Center USD 262's Abilene, West and Wheatland elementary schools creating their own popcorn business is this week's Picture of the Week.
If an educator licensure coordinator is not receiving emails from the Kansas Licensure Application System (KLAS) that alerts them to applications needing attention, follow these recommendations, the KSDE teacher licensure team has several recommendations.
Districts are reminded attendance policies fall under local control. While coding practices remain at the discretion of individual districts and buildings, KSDE strongly recommends implementing consistent attendance policies across all buildings within a district to ensure data accuracy.
Each school district is required to submit an Every Child Can Read Act report that includes literacy interventions and the interventions outcomes for their third-grade students.
The final in-person KESA 2.0 information sessions for the 2024-25 school year to get updates on the latest developments of the accreditation process is Friday, May 16, at Greenbush, in Girard.
Body Venture is a traveling health education exhibit for K-5 students operated by KSDE’s Child Nutrition and Wellness team. It is a great opportunity for students to learn about the importance of making healthy food choices and being physically active.
This interactive exhibit travels in its own truck and is set up in a school gym or multi-purpose room. It is an enclosed walk-through exhibit representing the human body.
The KSDE Child Nutrition and Wellness (CNW) team will be hosting a required procurement training for School Nutrition Program (SNP) sponsors on May 22.
Several training opportunities are available for school transportation personnel this summer.
Transportation directors and school bus contractors are invited to ask questions and share information via Zoom, 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. on the first Wednesday of every month. Join the Zoom here: https://ksde.zoom.us/j/98559287456
The Kansas State Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. (more information...)
To accommodate people with disabilities, on request, auxiliary aides and services will be provided and reasonable modifications to policies and programs will be made. To request accommodations or for more information please contact the Office of General Counsel at gc@ksde.gov or by 785-296-3201.