District shares tests scores, comparison to state average
ELLY GRIMM
• Leader & Times
After a brief tease at a previous meeting, the USD 480 school board heard the district’s Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) results at its most recent meeting Monday evening.
“One thing I do want to have the board know is the 2023-2024 KAP summative assessment was on a different scale with different Performance Level cut scores. Therefore, they advise not to compare results from this year to last year,” Assistant Superintendent of Academics Dr. Maria Gomez-Rocque said. “Then, to give some definitions, a scale score is a mathematical conversion of the total number of points a student earned on an assessment into a score along a predefined scale, and the scale spread on the KAP assessments range from 400 to 700. Scale scores compare a student’s performance to the expectation of the grade level and subject area. The subject areas we’re tested on are English Language Arts (ELA), math and science. Students performing at Levels 3 and 4 are reaching those expectations, while students performing at Levels 1 and 2 are still working toward reaching proficiency. And again, this is for grade level standards. This year, we are making comparisons to state outcomes due to the 2025 KAP assessment having different Performance Level cut scores. School buildings can make comparisons to the district and to the state.”
