Announcements Archive

Technology coordinators: To help prepare for this coming year’s assessments, please review the … more

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

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.

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

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

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

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