The Kentucky School Report Card data was released this week, once again providing a wealth of information on outcomes, including KSA (Kentucky State Assessment) results for all students and for many student groups. For folks who want to see the patterns of similarities and differences by groups, I want to share a 2022-23 Snapshot approach
Earlier today, Brigitte Blom’s statement on the 2023 Kentucky School Report Card noted progress on five of seven key measures, from kindergarten readiness to postsecondary readiness, along with a lack of growth in eighth grade reading and math. That’s a powerful starting snapshot of Kentucky’s K-12 challenges. This post widens the lens, checking all tested subjects
After working for years on supporting early childhood improvements, including the Big Bold Ask’s $331 million in annual added investment, I realized early in 2023 that I hadn’t understood the scale of our challenges. I hadn’t taken in how we are from child care capacity reaching all our under-fives, from state child care assistance reaching
Question: Have Kentucky public schools seen an enrollment decline based on parents choosing private or home school options after the pandemic disruption? Short Answer: If that change is happening, it isn’t very big. I don’t think it can involve more than 2% of public elementary school enrollment. The elementary enrollment decline is only 4% from
Charter Schools: What's New in Kentucky?By: Susan Perkins Weston - Published: February 23, 2023: In April 2022, the General Assembly passed HB 9, setting charter school funding and deadlines for pilot charters in Jefferson County and northern Kentucky. In August, our blog series summarized those rules and identified a few puzzles. There have been some
A Big Bold Future for Kentucky By Susan Perkins Weston | December 8, 2022 In 2020, the Prichard Committee urged all Kentuckians to join the work of creating a Big Bold Future for our Commonwealth. To frame that work, we identified twelve indicators. Together, these data points let us: Compare our work to other states
Over the last two weeks, I’ve done a lot of reading state law and local district policies on enrolling nonresident pupils. That’s allowed me to write our Prichard Committee “just-the-facts-ma’am” explainer. In the process, I’ve also formed some opinions about how these changes can be handled to work constructively (or as constructively as possible) for students, staff, families, and communities. They’re my starting thoughts, and I’ll share them here.
Kentucky has new enrollment rules for nonresident students, creating added opportunities for a student who lives in one school district to enroll in another. Aiming to be helpful to families and community members, we’ve identified likely questions and answer, and that analysis is now available in our two-page “explainer.”
Under Kentucky law, a public charter school will be one that: Serves students whose families apply, with a lottery to award seats if there…