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District explains new state cut scores for 2024-25 assessments: "New test, new cut scores"
Summary
District assessment staff told the board that Kansas adopted new ELA and math tests in 2024-25 and that the state set new performance cut scores; the district warned that direct year-to-year comparisons are not valid without using the state—s concordance tools.
District assessment staff told the board on Nov. 5 that Kansas administered new ELA and math state assessments in 2024-25 and that the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) set new cut scores after a standard-setting process.
"The simplest explanation is new test, new cut scores," said Andrea Tidi as staff summarized KSDE—s standard-setting work, which used panels of Kansas educators to define performance descriptors and numerical cut scores. Under the…
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