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The KSDE News Room

The KSDE News Room is the area to find press releases, announcements, and other interesting tidbits about KSDE and education in Kansas. The most current press releases are below with links to an archive of past releases. Podcasts of KSDE events, conferences, and presentations are available in this area as well. Consider using a news aggregator (Wikipedia: definition) to make sure you don't miss a single press release!

Press Releases

Kansas Adopts Lexile Measures

TOPEKA—October 5, 2009—When Kansas’ more than 263,000 students in grades 3–8 and 11 receive their Kansas State Assessment reports later this month, their reading scores will also be reported as a Lexile® measure. View Article

Kansas is first state in nation to have new reporting capabilities

TOPEKA – September 28, 2009 - Kansas State Department of Education today announced that Kansas schools and districts using Renaissance Learning’s STAR Reading and STAR Math assessments hosted on the Renaissance Place Real Time platform will be the first in the nation to have new reporting capabilities for assessing progress towards proficiency on the Kansas General Reading and Math Assessments.

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Two area teachers named finalists for Kansas Teacher of the Year-Region 1

Joan L. Moore, a first-grade teacher at Lincoln Elementary School in McPherson (McPherson USD 418), and Jeline D. Harclerode, an eighth-grade computer technology teacher at Emporia Middle School (Emporia USD 253), were named Region 1 finalists for the 2010 Kansas Teacher of the Year award today.

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Two area teachers named finalists for Kansas Teacher of the Year-Region 2

Beth Slawson, a first-grade reading teacher at Cottonwood Elementary School in Paola (Paola USD 368), and Arthur R. Commons, a high school science teacher at Baxter Springs High School (Baxter Springs USD 508), were named Region 2 finalists for the 2010 Kansas Teacher of the Year award today.

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Two area teachers named finalists for Kansas Teacher of the Year-Region 3

Rose M. Nemchik, an elementary special education teacher at Riverview Elementary School in Shawnee (De Soto USD 232), and Karen M. Tritt, a high school Spanish teacher at Shawnee Mission West High School in Overland Park (Shawnee Mission USD 512), were named Region 3 finalists for the 2010 Kansas Teacher of the Year award today.

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