Vouchers are a scam in New Hampshire (and everywhere else). But once they pass, and despite what is best for the state’s students, legislators keep expanding them. “In those states like Arizona, Ohio and North Carolina very few students left public schools to take a voucher, almost all of the...
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More from KSDE on cut scores
“Through an in-depth study comparing individual state assessment results with ACT scores, AP coursework, dual credit, graduation rates and postsecondary outcomes, educators found that previous performance levels did not accurately reflect student readiness. “Misalignment penalized students unfairly. Only about one in four Kansas high school students scored at Level 3...
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“‘The Kansas assessment has persistently been an outlier for all of the three children in my own family and for thousands of students across the state, as data has shown,’ Deedy, a public education advocate, said at a Tuesday meeting of the Kansas State Board of Education… “Beryl New, a...
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The cut scores of the Kansas Assessment have been an issue since they were last set about a decade ago. Today the State Board of Education voted to approve new cut scores 7-3 (Hopkins, Zeck, Haas, New, Hershberger, Arnold, and Porter voting for the change, and Dombrosky, O’Brien and Potter...
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