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Our KSDE ELA Team and other content area teams are very happy to be working on a state-wide collaborative effort with our Kansas Educational Service Center partners to provide ongoing professional learning in support of the new KSDE School Improvement Model. We are offering several different professional development opportunities.
Below are upcoming sessions and dates for English Language Arts. Click on any or all of the presentation titles to register today. Space is limited!
ELA Standards and Mini tests / Interims: Using Data to Help Drive Instruction: Grade 3-12 teachers will learn changes in KAP interims and in the mini-tests that schools are advised to use for practice to gauge how students are doing across standards prior to taking the state assessment.
February 13 Greenbush (Lawrence)
February 13 ESSDACK (Hutchinson)
March 5 Orion (Clearwater)
March 11 Greenbush (Girard)
March 13 Southwest Plains
April 15 Smoky Hill (Hays)
Clear, Intentional, and Effective Writing - The Writing Tenets: Come to this session to learn about the new KSDE Writing Tenets and how they will assist Kansas teachers in providing quality writing instruction.
April 3 Southwest Plains
April 10 Greenbush (Lawrence)
April 15 ESSDACK (Hutchinson)
April 17 Greenbush (Girard)
April 24 Orion (Clearwater)
May 6 Smoky Hill (Salina)
The New ELA Assessment is on the Horizon
This spring we are anticipating the new English Language Arts summative assessment. As you prepare your students to take that exam, it may be helpful to understand the intentional way passages of text are determined for both our state interims and summative assessments.
See the linked document below, provided by Beth Fultz, Director of Career, Standards, and Assessment, explaining how texts are designed and developed to support assessment of grade-level standards for our ELA state assessment.
2025 KAP Text Passage Information for English Language Arts Summative Assessment
KAP: Did You Know?
KAP: Did You Know?
Even though the window to administer the Interims is closed at this time, you and your schools can still develop mini tests to help drive instruction before the ELA State Assessments.
Several new mini tests have been added to the Kite educator portal! There are also several teaching and Instructional videos available on the KAP website.
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