2024 Great Ideas in Education Conference

Not all tests are created equal. Assessment literacy means differntiating between appropriate and inappropriate uses of different types of assessment and assessment results. This session will help educators start to identify, select, and/or create appropriate, efficient, and precise assessments that engage students in demonstrating their knowledge and abilities relative to targeted learning goals.

Join members of KSDE Information Technology (IT) staff for an informative session on matters that impact all of our day to day lives. Cybersecurity/Data Privacy are significant topics that impact us all. Learn more about initiatives and best practices from our agency to help safeguard your students and staff. What resource is the most valuable that we are all working to protect? Data. Our data is necessary for most everything we do. We will also cover the importance of the data that is reported to KSDE, how it is used and the importance of data quality. Our new Kansas Education Data System (KEDS) is a step in the right direction to more timely and accurate data. KSDE IT staff will give an update on this project as well as other new and exciting projects that are in progress.

Reviewing  the significance of interim assessments in guiding instructional practices is essential to growing and measuring student knowledge. Understanding the unique contributions of each interim assessment and the methods for analyzing the data they generate is crucial for informed decision-making in education. This reflective process allows educators to effectively utilize assessment data to enhance teaching strategies and improve student outcomes. KAP summative assessments feature higher text complexity and longer passages than students may be accustomed to.  Comparison of passages from grades 3-8 will be prominent, addressing standard 9

We've all heard the terms, standards and text complexity, but what do they mean…really? Confusion and misconceptions surround standards and text complexity. See what text complexity is, why paying attention to it is important, and why coaching students with relevant strategies is vital to student growth and confidence in reading. We will focus on qualitative and quantitative measures as well as address the importance of text sets.

Principals/Admin Secondary - Dr. Robyn Kelso