“‘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 board member from Topeka, said she has heard from constituents who are concerned the state education department is lowering standards.
Fultz responded that the change is more of a realignment of expectations for student performance.
“’I do believe we are not reducing the rigor on this assessment,’ Fultz said…
“Deedy, who spoke during the board’s public forum section at the beginning of the meeting, said the old cut scores overshot a desire to be aspirational.
“’Adjusting cut scores is not lowering our standards,’ Deedy said, ‘but rather improving the predictability and reliability of this point-in-time assessment to more accurately reflect student achievement levels.’”
Originally posted to Facebook 8/14/25.