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April 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

January 21, 2025

Due to the inclusion of operational field test items, reporting for the Spring Interim will be delayed until January 27. This additional time ensures these items perform as expected and prevents potential changes in scoring. The Spring Interim testing window is the only one affected in this way… more

December 3, 2024

There are now Science Instructional Mini Tests available at the elementary grades, including grade 3, 4 and 5.

The complete list of Science Instructional Mini Tests that are currently available can be found in the… more