Tag: NAEP
No basis for KSBOE claim that homeschool kids are behind public school students
At the March 10, 2026 Kansas State Board of Education meeting, Board Member Betty Arnold said homeschool students who return…
Education bureaucracy defends lowering of proficiency standards, opposes SB 458
SB 458 would require the State Board of Education to reinstate high proficiency standards in place in 2024, and the…
Lower proficiency standards lead to phony student achievement gains
In the fable of the Emperor’s New Clothes, two con men convinced the Emperor they had woven a magnificent set…
KSDE denies lowering standards despite implausible proficiency gains
Kansas Department of Education (KSDE) staff put on a master class of political spin and deception at yesterday’s meeting of…
Kansas receives “F” grade on Parent Power Index
In the three years since the Sentinel last reported on the Center for Educational Reform’s Parent Power Index, Kansas has…
NCTQ: Major Kansas universities earn failing grade for teacher math instruction
Nearly half of the undergraduate teacher education programs in Kansas have earned an F grade in preparing future educators to…
Kansas #15 for per-student spending, #40 in NAEP outcomes
A new analysis by Kansas Policy Institute shows that the Sunflower State ranks #15 for cost-of-living-adjusted spending per student, but…
NAEP 2024: Kansas again below the national average on Nation’s Report Card
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), acknowledged as the “gold standard” of assessments by the Kansas Department of Education,…
“Devastating” drops in American 4th grade, 8th grade math scores on TIMSS international test
An international study of 650,000 4th and 8th graders from 64 countries shows plummeting math scores at both grade levels…
Gov. Kelly, KASB gaslight parents with 2023 student achievement claims
Gaslight is a term used by some mental health practitioners to clinically describe a form of prolonged coercive control in…
Claiming Level 2 is on track for college/career is dumbing down standards
Some education officials in Kansas are trying to make parents believe that scores in Level 2 on the state assessment…
More false claims from SUBV on spending and achievement
The activists of Stand Up Blue Valley (SUBV) are working hard to protect the bureaucracy at students’ expense by pushing…
Group claiming to be moderate wants to protect education status quo
Declaring that rural communities in Kansas are threatened by school choice advocates, a group of former legislators have founded Kansans…
Education bureaucracy pushing the status quo in hearings
Legislative hearings over this and last week are focusing on how to improve outcomes in Kansas education, perhaps unsurprisingly, the education…
Recommendations to improve achievement by changing adult behaviors
Testimony submitted this week to the Special Committee on Education crystalized three unfortunate realities: (1) student achievement is low and…
KASB hits new low, trying to explain away achievement declines
A new flyer from the Kansas Association of School Boards (KASB) would be right at home as satire at The…
State school board member misrepresents SEL position
At the August board meeting, state school board member Ann Mah misrepresented a social-emotional learning (SEL) statement she attributed to…
KS Reflector columnist defends bureaucracy with false achievement claims
A guest columnist for the Kansas Reflector wants you to believe that the public school bureaucracy is producing high achievement,…
8th graders’ test scores falling in civics and U. S. history, study shows
8th-grade students performing at or above grade level in the study of civics and U. S. history declined from 2018-2022,…
KS education commissioner claims ‘proficient’ is a made-up term
Kansas education commissioner Randy Watson earlier this week told the State Board of Education that “proficient is a made-up term…
KASB report is a modern-day Emperor’s New Clothes tale
In Hans Christian Andersen’s The Emperor’s New Clothes, two swindlers arrive at the capital city of an emperor who spends…
Freedom to Learn KS PAC doesn’t want parents to learn the truth about achievement
A panel discussion hosted last week by the Freedom to Learn Kansas Political Action Committee serves as another reminder that…
Kansas tries to reduce standards to make achievement look better
The Kansas Department of Education dumbed down achievement standards about 20 years ago under No Child Left Behind, and now…
KBOE President Jim Porter deceives on student achievement (again)
State Board of Education President Jim Porter made a conscious attempt to deceive members of the House K-12 Budget Committee…