Thank you for your diligence in providing a great assessment experience for your students who took the newly revised/updated ELA Assessment this spring.

With the new assessment this year, the following timeline are when districts can expect the state assessment results if the state board approves in August:

• June 9-13 – Standard Setting by Kansas Educators​

• July 8 – KS BOE Standard Setting Results Presentation​

• August 8 – KS BOE Vote on Cut Scores for Performance Levels​

• Approximately September 1 – scores released to teachers, buildings, and districts. Scores in Parent Portal the following week.

The ELA Standards Toolkit has been updated to show the corrected version of the Writing Tenets!  Please use this version when referencing the Writing Tenets on page 13 of the document or CLICK on the Writing Menu above.

Tip to Open:  If you are struggling to open the links inside the document, try downloading the PDF document onto your device. You can also try this direct link : English Language Arts Standards Alignment Toolkit

The toolkit can be used to help your teams and districts with vertically alignment of the standards (page 9).   In addition to analyzing standards by grade level, teachers and teams should also break down standards to best understand learning targets, learning progressions, w as well as potential vocabulary students need to understand for each particular standard.  An example of a break down of standards is found on page  12 with Writing Standards 1-3:  Text Types and Purposes.