Announcements Archive

Three new resources developed by KSDE with information on remote assessment administration for virtual schools are now available on the Summative Assessment page for Educators and Test Administrators. Two instructional PDFs and one video with… more

The 2024 KELPA Summative window is open from January 29 – March 8. Hand-scoring the speaking and writing items will be completed in Kite Scoring Portal this year. There is a video that demonstrates this process located here. Please see the KELPA Examiner… more

Science Practice Tests are now available in Kite^® Student Portal! These Subject-Oriented Practice Tests (SPTs) more closely resemble the rigor of the NGSS standards that students will see on the 2024 KAP Summative Science assessments. For more information on using these and other SPTs… more

Fall reports for the Career Pathways^® (cPass^®) assessment are now available in Kite^® Educator Portal. cPass users with the following roles can access these reports under Reports > Career Pathways Assessment… more

The KELPA Scoring Manual has been updated to reflect the new processes for scoring all KELPA speaking domain items and select writing domain items. You can find the updated Scoring Manual along with additional KELPA… more

Two new resources for KELPA test administrators and coordinators are now available in preparation for the 2024 KELPA assessment. District Test Coordinators (DTCs) can access the 2024 KELPA DTC Training PowerPoint under the Training tab… more

2024 KELPA Summative Rater Training Materials are now available. Materials are located in the Help tab in Kite^® Educator Portal. As a reminder, all persons that are responsible for primary or second-rater scoring of KELPA… more

The second Interim Predictive assessment window for KAP will be open on Monday, December 4th and run through December 15th. 

The Interim Predictive assessment is optional assessment given three times per year in ELA and mathematics. These results help educators evaluate their student's… more

For educators planning to administer the KELPA Screener to students that have recently arrived in the US, a new option to bypass the full KELPA Screener is now available. This “Pre-Screen” survey completed in Kite Educator Portal helps determine if the student should try to complete the KELPA… more

The first of three Interim Predictive assessment windows this school year will be open from October 2-13. The Interim Predictive assessment is optional assessment given three times per year in ELA and mathematics. Results help educators evaluate where students are in their learning and whether… more