Announcements Archive

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In the grade band 6-8 there are 8 additional Science Instructional Mini Tests that have been added to Kite Educator Portal. These Science Mini Test are in the following categories:

• 2 in Earth Space Science
• 1 in Earth Space Science/Engineering Design
• 2 in Life Science… more

In the grade band 6-8 there are now 14 Science Instructional Mini Tests are available in Kite Educator Portal.

An additional 10 high school level Science Mini Tests were added this past week. There are now a total of 19 Science Mini Tests available in the high school grade band 9-12. These… more