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TOPEKA – Oct. 22, 2010 – The State Board of Education voted in October to adopt the Common Core Standards for English language arts and mathematics, making Kansas the 38th state to adopt the standards. The action came during the Board’s monthly meeting Oct. 12-13 in Topeka.
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TOPEKA – The Kansas State Board of Education this week adopted Common Core State Standards for English language arts and mathematics that are internationally benchmarked and aligned with college and career readiness expectations.
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TOPEKA — Results from the 2010 Kansas Statewide Assessments show a 10-year growth trend in reading and mathematics statewide. Students performing in the top three performance levels on the reading assessment increased to 86.3 percent in 2010, up from 85.7 percent in 2009. On the mathematics assessment, students in the top three performance levels totaled 83.1 percent in 2010, up from 82.8 percent in 2009. Participation rates topped 99 percent in each subject area.
The assessment results were presented today during the State Board of Education meeting in Topeka.
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TOPEKA – Despite performance targets that increased between 5 and 8 percent over the past year, the vast majority of Kansas public schools and public school districts continue to meet adequate yearly progress as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation.
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TOPEKA – Sept. 15, 2010 – Among the highlights of the State Board of Education’s September 2010 meeting was the appointment of a new Commissioner of Education, a report on the performance of Kansas public schools and public school districts on Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) measures, and receipt of the Common Core Standards for English language arts and mathematics.
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TOPEKA – The Kansas State Board of Education voted today to appoint Dr. Diane M. DeBacker to the position of Kansas Commissioner of Education. The appointment is effective immediately.
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TOPEKA – Despite performance targets that increased between 5 and 8 percent over the past year, the vast majority of Kansas public schools and public school districts continue to meet adequate yearly progress as defined by the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation.
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TOPEKA – The number of Kansas public school students participating in the SAT college entrance exam dropped significantly in 2010, although average scores among test takers increased. Information released by The College Board this week showed a decrease of more than 15 percent in the number of SAT test takers in Kansas public schools in the last school year.
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TOPEKA—Sept. 11, 2010—Kim A. Morrissey, an elementary physical education teacher at Dodge Literacy Magnet Elementary School in Wichita (Wichita USD 259), and Lu Anne Vides, a seventh-grade mathematics and science teacher at El Dorado Middle School (El Dorado USD 490), were named Region 4 finalists for the 2011 Kansas Teacher of the Year award today.
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TOPEKA—Sept. 12, 2010—Holly R. Schreiber, a third-grade teacher at Belmont Elementary School in Shawnee (De Soto USD 232), and C. Dow Tate, a high school journalism teacher at Shawnee Mission East High School (Shawnee Mission USD 512), were named Region 3 finalists for the 2011 Kansas Teacher of the Year award today.
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