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Shawnee Mission presents mixed assessment gains, explains new state cut scores and plans testing changes
Summary
District assessment staff reported incremental growth on district screeners (I Ready/Acadience), previewed preliminary Kansas assessment baselines (57% ELA, 53% math in 2025), announced a proposed reduction in some NWEA MAP math licenses (saving about $67,000), and spent substantial time explaining the state's new cut scores and accompanying controversy.
District assessment leaders told the Shawnee Mission Board that local diagnostic and universal-screening measures are showing incremental gains while the state has revised its performance-level cut scores, a change that district leaders said is intended to better align state results with other local measures.
Dan Grumman, director of assessment and research, summarized 2025 Kansas results as a new baseline: "Last year, as the new baseline, 57 percent of Shawnee Mission students scored at or above proficient in ELA, 53 percent scored at or above proficient in math," he said. Grumman added the district expects preliminary results for the current year in about a month and audited results later in summer.
Locally, teachers and curriculum coordinators highlighted growth on district-administered tools. Presenters said the I…
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