Announcements Archive

The Kite^® Service Desk will be closed in observance of the June 19th federal holiday. We will reopen at 7:00 CT on Thursday, June 20th.

In participating districts, parents and guardians may now access their child’s 2023-24 KAP assessment score reports in Kite^® Parent Portal. Additional information for parents, including a link to the… more

Kansas State Assessment results for ELA, mathematics, and science are now available for districts to view in Kite^® Educator Portal. Districts may view individual student score reports, building, and district reports. Districts may share results with students and families. Results will… more

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