The Kentucky Department of Education will release the results of the first Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP) next month. Education Commissioner Terry Holliday I know there is great anticipation – and maybe anxiousness – about what the results will reveal. Kentucky educators are drawn to teaching by the belief they can make a positive difference in [...]
Popham's book offers concrete ideas that will lead classroom teachers to a better understanding of the formative process and how it can help with student achievement.
I’ve been spending a lot of time in the 300s section of my school library. As part of my practicum experience for my Rank I in library science, my supervising librarians gave me an assignment to update some of the career titles in our library. As I went through the many outdated career books from the 1990s this [...]
Gamaliel Elementary teachers rely on standards-based grading system, collaboration.
High school students’ grades will depend on how they do on state accountability tests.
In addition to the K-PREP tests, middle school students will be assessed on their college and career readiness.
Elementary schools will be assessed on three things this year: achievement, gap and growth.
The Kentucky Board of Education is supporting legislation this session that would increase compulsory school attendance from age 16 to 18, provide funding flexibility to school districts and adjust the preschool funding formula.
Conforming to the federal No Child Left Behind Act waiver has sent a ripple of changes through Kentucky’s Unbridled Learning assessment and accountability system.
A minute per question. That’s the time I was given to answer 120 multiple-choice questions on my Praxis test this morning.