Student Achievement Archives - Kansas Policy Institute

School districts (again) disregard building needs assessment law 0
- Education
- September 19, 2022
You might think that if the folks funding your organization asked for some additional work to make sure that goals are accomplished, and that money is well-spent, the organization would do so. But in the case of Kansas public school districts and legally-required building needs assessment reports, you’d be wrong. A 2021 examination of 25READ MORE
Early 2022 NAEP results show biggest learning loss in 50 years 0
- Education
- September 19, 2022
A precipitative drop in both reading and math scores of the nation’s 9-year-olds has been documented in the results of the just released NAEP 2022 long-term trend (LTT) test. This is the largest drop in test scores for reading since 1990 and the first ever decline in math scores. It is important to note that
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Better “messaging” will not improve student achievement 0
- Education
- August 28, 2022
How do we take state assessment results, in which a vast majority of students are not on pace for being “post-secondary ready”, and make them sound better than they really are? That was the overarching discussion at the August State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting as the SBOE was tasked with adopting a new set
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KASB report that ranks Kansas 10th in nation an exercise in data manipulation 0
- Education
- August 15, 2022
The Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) continues to take data manipulation to new levels in their just-released report Comparing Kansas 2022. KASB claims that “the most recent national data show Kansas ranks 10th in the nation on a weighted average of…measures that are part of the State Board of Education’s Kansans Can program and
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Confusion, frustration and ignorance reign regarding state assessment cut scores at SBOE meeting 0
- Education
- July 25, 2022
At the July 2022 State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting board members confessed confusion, frustration and ignorance regarding the process of setting and understanding state assessment cut scores. This was manifested during a presentation by Dr. Neal Kingston of KU, the lead person hired by KSDE for state assessment work. Dr. Kingston was giving the
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Teacher quality report gives low grades to Kansas teacher prep programs 0
- Education
- July 10, 2022
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released a report in May on the state of teacher preparation programs in teaching elementary math. Unfortunately, but not surprising, the collegiate institutions across the country, and those specific to Kansas, do not fare well in preparing individuals to teach math. NCTQ graded hundreds of higher education teacher
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