KSDE denies lowering standards despite implausible proficiency gains - The Sentinel
KSDE attributes the miraculous ump to "fixing a misaligned system, not reducing rigor."| The Sentinel
KSDE attributes the miraculous ump to "fixing a misaligned system, not reducing rigor."| The Sentinel
Kansas Department of Education (KSDE) staff put on a master class of political spin and deception at yesterday’s meeting of the State Board of Education. Board members were given the 2025 state assessment results based on a new test and cut scores to determine achievement levels, and were told to ignore conflicting historical results and […]| Kansas Policy Institute
Kansas school board chair Kathy Busch wrote a guest column for the Kansas City Star, in which she makes multiple contradictory claims about funding and student achievement.| The Sentinel
State School Board members must ensure that reading and math proficiency standards are not reduced.| Kansas Policy Institute
It's a perfect storm of bad news: Student achievement plummeted, and the declines were greatest among the most vulnerable students.| Education Week
Nolan Mckendry has the story of Louisiana’s pretty stellar performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress report released this week, and it’s some really great news for public education in this state. Which, let’s face it, is not something you’re used to hearing. We’re not at the bottom of public education according to the […]| The Hayride
Here are highlights on the historic declines in students' math scores on the just-released national assessment.| Education Week
The pandemic has smacked 4th and 8th graders back to the last century in math and reading, according to new national assessments.| Education Week
