ACT and WorkKeys Legislature approved funds to administer both ACT and WorkKeys Public Schools All Juniors Any Senior who has not had the opportunity to test

ACT and WorkKeys Statewide Testing Dates Make-Up Date ACT - Wednesday, February 20, 2019 Does not include writing WorkKeys – Thursday, February 21, 2019 Graphic Literacy Applied Math Workplace Documents Make-Up Date Tuesday, April 2, 2019

ACT and WorkKeys KSDE Annual Conference October 16 – College and Career for All Booth

ACT and WorkKeys Manage Participation (ACT) School Test Coordinators must log on and confirm participation Monday, Nov 5 – Friday, Nov 30 Watch ACT video for more specific instructions Submit TEST records to KSDE

ACT and WorkKeys Accommodations The Test Administration & Accessibility (TAA) system opens Monday, Nov 5. Deadline for all accommodation request approvals is Friday, January 11, 2019

Beth Fultz, Assistant Director Assessments, Accountability & Postsecondary Success Career, Standards and Assessment Services Kansas State Department of Education 785-296-2325 bfultz@ksde.org The Kansas State Department of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies:  KSDE General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, KSDE, Landon State Office Building, 900 S.W. Jackson, Suite 102, Topeka, KS 66612, (785) 296-3204 

Feedback, Review, and Revision Standards Update Feedback, Review, and Revision

The KSDE is in the very early stages of developing a web application designed to gather regular feedback on all of the content standards, feedback on issues such as (1) district-level challenges to implementation, (2) grade-level content appropriateness, and (3) content breadth, depth, and rigor. The application will allow the KSDE to query feedback and if necessary respond to suggestions. Kansas law requires a review of the standards every seven years as opposed to a revision.  Nothing prevents the state from making refinements or revisions to standards on a more regular basis. Obviously, in the case of assessed standards, some decision will have to be made regarding what standards are measured, but this shouldn’t create a situation in which standards remain static for almost a decade without input. Furthermore, the state should feel free to engage in a review of standards without feeling compelled to make changes if changes aren’t necessary. The norm in Kansas has been to convene a standards committee every seven years, the result being a wholesale revision (not review) of the standards. This revision in turn creates a need for new assessments, new curriculum, new professional development, etc. The KSDE’s hope is to break the cycle of a complete revision of standards and assessments that is driven by a calendar date rather than necessary substantive changes.

2nd Annual Civic Engagement Conference Save the Date Monday March 4th Educators and Students may attend Keynote Speaker and Breakout Sessions More details to follow Questions? Don Gifford (dgifford@ksde.org) 2nd Annual Civic Engagement Conference