The 2025–26 Assessment Calendar will be officially released in early August. In the meantime, districts can plan for a similar schedule to 2024–25, with testing occurring during roughly the same weeks. For example, the KAP summative assessment window is expected to open the week after Spring… more
May 9, 2025
The KELPA, Grade 2 Reading, and cPass score reports are now available in Kite Educator Portal. Please review the following information on where to locate these reports in Educator Portal as well as several resources to help understand the reports.
… moreApril 18, 2025
Over the past two weeks, 50 additional Instructional Mini Tests have been made available in Educator Portal.
- ELA: 10 additional Instructional Mini Tests across grades 4 - 8
- Math: 34 additional Instructional Mini Tests in grade 3 - 8, 10
- Science: 6 additional… more
April 3, 2025
Math
10 new Grade 7 Math Instructional Mini Tests are available in Kite Educator Portal.
These new Math Instructional Mini Tests fall into 4 different domains:
- Ratios and Proportional Relationships
- The Number System
- Expressions and… more
March 10, 2025
Join educators from across Kansas in setting cut points for the KAP 2025 Assessments. During the KAP Standard Setting, educators will analyze the test items for each KAP assessment, along with performance-level descriptors, and set cut points that reflect student… more
February 24, 2025
Two additional ELA Instructional Mini Tests and 37 additional Mathematics Instructional Mini Tests have been added to Kite® Educator Portal. The specific breakdown can be seen below:
ELA
- Grade 3 Writing Mini Tests – One
- Grade 5 Writing Mini Tests – One… more
February 10, 2025
The 2025 KSDE Assessment Conference Connecting the Dots … FOR Learning offers real-world practice sessions featuring teachers, teams, and systems from across Kansas that have embraced proven assessment practices to support teaching and learning. Join us to learn more about how… more
February 10, 2025
A total of 46 additional Instructional Mini Tests have been added to Kite Educator Portal including 20 math Mini Tests and 26 science Mini Tests.
Math:
• 3 Math Mini Tests - Grade 3
• 2 Math Mini Tests - Grade 4
… more
January 27, 2025
Today we release 55 enhanced Instructional Mini Tests across ELA and Math subjects and 27 new Science Mini Tests.
A total of 49 ELA Writing Mini Tests across multiple grades:
- 9 writing tests for Grade 3
- 14 writing tests for Grade 4
- 6 writing tests for Grade 5… more
January 24, 2025
The 2025 KSDE Assessment Conference: Connecting the Dots … FOR Learning will offer real-world practice sessions featuring teachers, teams, and systems from across Kansas that have embraced proven assessment practices to support teaching and learning. Learn more about how formative assessments… more