Announcements Archive

KAP Balanced Assessment System offers Kansas students a unified and coherent assessment experience that has specifically been designed for them. Student learning is at the center. We are proud of the continuous collaboration with Kansas teachers from across the state who share their expertise,… more

Fall Interim Assessment Window Opens Monday, October 14!  
 
The Fall Interim Assessment testing window is open from Monday, October 14th, to Friday, November 1st.  Students must be enrolled and rostered using a KIDS TASC record. New this year are the science Interim… more

More than twenty restructured mathematics instructional mini tests have been organized by standard and released for grades 3, 4, and 5. These formative assessments were created with previous instructional mini test items from the Predictive Interim Assessment. Refer to the… more

Additional ELA Reading Instructional Mini Tests have been updated and are available in Kite Educator Portal. There are 77 Reading Mini Tests that have been released across grades 3-8 and 10.

We have also updated the Instructional Mini Tests document on the KAP website to include these… more

The KAP Balanced Assessment System is designed to support student learning by providing actionable information to educators. We've enhanced the instructional mini tests component to help drive classroom instruction and better prepare students for summative assessments.

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New ELA Writing Instructional Mini Tests are now available under the Interim tab in the Kite^® Educator Portal. These Mini Tests have been restructured to align to standards/clusters in topical groupings in addition to tightly focusing on the targeted skill. With five or fewer items… more

Effective instruction demands a deep understanding of student learning. The KAP Balanced Assessment System addresses this challenge by incorporating formative, interim, and summative assessments with a revitalized reporting suite which offers ongoing feedback on student progress.

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Calling all KAP test coordinators and technology personnel! We are thrilled to announce several upcoming webinars designed specifically for test coordinators and technology staff. These webinars will cover relevant topics to help you successfully manage and administer assessments in your school… more

We’re excited to introduce a valuable new feature for educators on the KAP website: the Archive Filter. This addition to the Resources page allows you to easily access previous versions of resources that may still be valuable to use as references alongside the updated version.

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A new Kansas Assessments Overview Calendar for the 2024-25 school year is now available on the KAP site. This valuable resource provides a comprehensive table with testing window dates, completion time estimates, exemption information, and more for each assessment provided throughout Kansas. The… more