Ready to Test:
How We Are Preparing Students for the 2022-2023 Kansas Summative Assessment Program
Our Students Come First
While the annual Kansas Summative Assessments are very important, we believe that they are only one piece of a much larger picture. As such, our teachers, support staff, and administrators collect a variety of formal, informal, formative, interim, and summative achievement and growth data throughout the year. Additionally, we believe that the Kansas Summative Assessments provide an important opportunity for students to demonstrate what they know and can do.
Environment is Everything
We want our students to be excited, confident, and comfortable as they prepare for and complete their assigned Kansas Summative Assessments for this year. As such, we will do everything we can to create a predictable, positive, and productive assessment environment. Additionally, we will be spending some time with our students sharing some specific strategies to help them maximize their efforts.
Assessment Features
The Center for Educational Testing & Evaluation (CETE), located at the University of Kansas, designs and administers our Kansas Assessments through a program or application called “Kite.” To help students and teachers prepare, we have access to some practice tests and interim predictive tests to allow students to practice answering questions while giving teachers an idea of what they know and what they have not mastered yet.
Professional Development
Teachers, support staff, and administrators in our schools receive continuous professional learning opportunities throughout the school year. Topics generally include curriculum alignment, instructional strategies that maximize student learning, and other strategies that lead to increased student success. Additionally, professional development sessions may involve technology integration, assessment updates, social and emotional learning considerations and best practices, and other strategies aimed at helping teachers and administrators better prepare our students for the future.
