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Student Success

Access and Opportunity in Education

  • Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship Program
  • Special Populations and CTE

Accreditation

  • KESA Resources

Assessments

  • Kansas Assessment Program 
  • ACT
  • Dynamic Learning Maps and Essential Elements
  • National Assessment of Educational Progress

Career and Technical Education

  • Assessments and Skill Validation
  • Business and Industry Partnerships
  • Career and Technical Student Organizations
  • Career Clusters
  • Career Pathways
  • Career Ready Practices and CTE Course Competencies
  • Postsecondary Partnerships
  • Resources
  • Work-Based Learning

Early Childhood

  • Kansas Early Learning Standards
  • Kindergarten Readiness
  • Kansas Parents as Teachers
  • Preschool Programming
  • Early Childhood Special Education
  • Kansas Coordinating Council on Early Childhood Developmental Services (SICC)

Graduation

  • Graduation Requirement FAQs

Health and Safety

  • Bullying Awareness and Prevention
  • Safe and Secure Schools
  • School Mental Health

Individual Plan of Study

Learning Alternatives

  • Alternative Schools
  • Charter Schools
  • Nonaccredited Private Schools
  • Virtual Schools and Programs

School Counseling

  • School Counseling Standards and Competencies
  • Kansas Comprehensive School Counseling Program
  • School Counselor Resources

Special Education

  • Gifted Education Services
  • Secondary Transition Resources
  • Sensory Losses
  • Special Education Resources for Families and Educators

Standards

Student Awards and Recognition

  • Governor's Scholars Recognition Program
  • Kansas CTE Scholars
  • Kansas Seal of Biliteracy
  • U.S. Senate Youth Program

Support Programs

  • Kansas Volunteer Commission
  • Military Families
  • Students' Right to know

Resources by Subject Area

  • Computer Science
  • Dyslexia Requirements and Recommendations
  • English Language Arts
  • English Learners
  • Financial Literacy
  • Fine Arts
  • History, Government and Social Studies
  • Kansas Advisory Council for Indigenous Education
  • Library and Information Literacy
  • Mathematics
  • Physical Education and Health
  • Science
  • Social-Emotional Character Development
  • Structured Literacy
  • World Languages

School Improvement Resource

  • Structured Literacy
  • Standards Alignment
  • Balanced Assessment
  • Quality Instruction
  • Professional Learning Opportunities


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