Kansas residents had a look at state public school test assessment results this week, and the news isn’t good. As The Wichita Eagle reports, a majority of Kansas students are not ready for college-level work. The results were the first collected from new Common Core-aligned state tests administered last spring. In English, only 42 percent of Kansas students met grade level expectations for college readiness. In math, the level of prepared students fell to 34 percent. Switching to Common Core has meant that Kansas students face more challenging standards.
The new, technologically enhanced tests began two years ago. But last year’s results weren’t released because of technical glitches with the testing system. In October, schools will send out letters to parents detailing their children’s individual results.