• Confusion, frustration and ignorance reign regarding state assessment cut scores at SBOE meeting

    Confusion, frustration and ignorance reign regarding state assessment cut scores at SBOE meeting0

    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

    Teacher quality report gives low grades to Kansas teacher prep programs0

    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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  • KASB report is a misunderstanding of state assessment data

    KASB report is a misunderstanding of state assessment data0

    An April 2022 report published by the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) entitled Understanding State Assessment Data, goes to great lengths to rationalize low and declining state assessment scores. The fifteen-page document can be divided into five categories of rationalizations that the unacceptably dismal state assessment scores are just fine: standards public vs. private

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