The board voted 7-3 to approve lower standards, causing some proficiency levels to more than double.| Kansas Policy Institute
Parents won't know that one-third of students are reading below grade level with the new performance level descriptors.| The Sentinel
Both laws are designed to ensure better outcomes, but state and local bureaucracies don't want to follow them.| The Sentinel
Harwood falsely said a Safe & Secure Schools Grant to private schools violates the constitution.| The Sentinel
The 2024 state assessment indicates that more than 150,000 Kansas students suffer from what is officially described as having a “limited ability to understand and use English language arts skills and knowledge to be academically successful for postsecondary success.” This closely aligns with what is commonly referred to as being ‘functionally illiterate’, which Dictionary.com defines […]| Kansas Policy Institute
Lansing board member Amy Cawvey proposes a contract revision to comply with guidance from AG Kris Kobach.| The Sentinel
KSDE attributes the miraculous ump to "fixing a misaligned system, not reducing rigor."| The Sentinel
Kobach says Governor Kelly's 2019 Executive Order referencing gender no longer applies..| 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
State School Board members must ensure that reading and math proficiency standards are not reduced.| Kansas Policy Institute
