May 15, 2025

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Tag: performance level descriptors

KSDE is strangely quiet on conflicting claims about students below grade level

State Commissioner of Education Randy Watson was quoted last week by the Kansas Reflector, saying, “A lot of research says…

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KSDE reverses course on performance level descriptors with another attempted coverup

After toying with the idea of changing performance level descriptors for the state assessment to be even more deceptive, the…

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Proposed performance level descriptors are designed to continue hiding bad student outcomes

Which of the following provides a clear understanding of student achievement in Kansas: 33% of Kansas students are below grade…

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