Last Updated on Saturday, January 05, 2008 at 10:01 PM
News Release 07-049 - June 29, 2007
(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Ken Draut, current director of the Planning Unit for Jefferson County Public Schools, has been named associate commissioner of the Office of Assessment and Accountability, the Kentucky Department of Education announced today.
Draut fills the post vacated by Pam Rogers, who has served in the position since 2005 and is retiring.
Draut will oversee the Divisions of Assessment Implementation and Assessment Support. The office and its divisions provide services to Kentucky public school districts, including management of the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS), data reporting, federal compliance and communications.
Draut has 23 years of educational experience and has served as Planning Unit director since 2004, managing planning and evaluation programs for the school district and providing analysis of assessment and accountability policies. He previously served as district assessment coordinator for Jefferson and Henry Counties. Draut was employed by the Kentucky Department of Education from 1984 to 1991 as an education consultant and education manager. He spent 30 years in the U.S. Naval Reserves as a lieutenant commander.
Draut earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees and a Rank I from the University of Louisville. He currently is completing coursework at Cumberland College for the instructional supervisor position.
Draut is expected to begin his duties before the beginning of the 2007-08 school year..
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