Blind/VI and Deaf/HH Services
The Blind/VI and Deaf/HH Team provides informational, technical, and regulatory support to the Kentucky School for the Blind and Kentucky School for the Deaf. Additionally, we provide resources and supports to districts, parents, and service providers throughout the state in areas regarding students who are Blind/VI, Deaf/HH, or Deaf-Blind. This site ... More
Career & Technical Education
Mission: The mission of Career and Technical Education is to assist schools in providing students with skills necessary for a successful transition to postsecondary education or work and a desire for life-long learning in a global society. Purpose: Career and Technical Education is an essential component of the high school ... More
Community Engagement
A community's engagement in schools is a way to focus public attention on the partnership necessary to bring every student to his or her fullest potential. Within the Kentucky Department of Education several initiatives and programs focus on engaging communities in the educational success of students. Among these are Community Education ... More
Curriculum Documents & Resources
Kentucky's Curriculum Documents and other resources for improving instruction in Kentucky schools. Documents include the Program of Studies, Core Content for Assessment, Transformations, and other supporting documents such as the Implementation Manuals, Instructional Materials (formerly referred to as textbooks) Adoption information. Other resources include released test items and student performance ... More
Early Childhood Development
The Division of Early Childhood Development has oversight of the KIDS NOW initiative (Kentucky Invests in Developing Success NOW!) and the Head Start Collaboration Office and direct responsibility for the administration of the Community Early Childhood Councils. The Kentucky Preschool Program and Even Start Family Literacy are other programs in the ... More
Elementary School
Students entering public schools at the Primary Level, traditionally known as Kindergarten, through the Intermediate Level, typically grade 5. Information about the elementary program in Kentucky, including content specific resources. For additional information about the early elementary program, please refer to the Kentucky Primary Program link below.
Exceptional Children
Welcome to the Division of Exceptional Children Services. This site includes information on all aspects of special education programs in public schools. We welcome your comments and suggestions. If you need further assistance with finding information on special education programs in Kentucky's public schools, please contact us. ARRA Guidance Documents for IDEA Part ... More
Gifted & Talented
Kentucky offers gifted education services for identified students across all grade levels. Primary students are screened and selected as high potential learners and students in grades 4-12 are formally identified for services in one or more of the following areas: • general intellectual aptitude • specific academic aptitude • creative or ... More
High Quality Teaching and Learning
High School
Typically grades nine through grades twelve. Includes information on the Middle Level Initiative, curriculum, and content specific information.
ILP - Individual Learning Plan
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Instructional Equity/Closing the Achievement Gap
In Kentucky we believe that ALL children can learn at high levels regardless of their ethnicity, ability, gender, socio-economic status, native language, or whether they have a disability. So, if ANY student in ANY class is not performing according to the state's high standards and expectations, an achievement gap exists. The ... More
Kentucky Statewide Longitudinal Data System
The KSLDS provides information for helping students, reporting, promoting data driven decision making, and uncovering opportunities for increasing efficiency by combining data in new and unique ways.
Kentucky System of Interventions
A GUIDE TO THE KENTUCKY SYSTEM OF INTERVENTIONS The Kentucky System of Interventions (KSI) is a framework for providing systematic, comprehensive services to address academic and behavioral needs for all students, preschool through grade 12. The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has developed this guidance document to provide resources in ... More
Library Media
The area of Library Media emphasizes teaching students to become information literate and lifelong learners; working in collaborative partnerships to meet individual needs; and providing access to information resources and technology.
Literacy
Literacy includes reading, writing, and the creative and analytical acts involved in producing and comprehending text. From Read to Succeed: Kentucky's Literacy Plan, developed by the Kentucky Literacy Partnership, June 2002. Literacy Without Limits: Help for Struggling Students, Grades 4-12Produced in partnership with KDE's Early Literacy Branch, this DVD-ROM resource showcases ... More
Middle School
Typically grades six through grades eight. Includes information on the Middle Level Initiative, curriculum, and content specific information.
Preschool
Kentucky's preschool education programs are available for all four-year-old children whose family income is no more than 150% of poverty; all three and four-year-old children with developmental delays and disabilities, regardless of income; and other four-year- old children as placements are available based on district decision. The preschool program is designed ... More
Read To Achieve
Read to Achieve: Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant ProgramThe Read to Achieve Grant Program was created to focus on reading diagnostic and intensive reading intervention for struggling readers within the state primary program. The Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Grant Program is a competitive program that provides funds to schools to implement ... More
Reading First in Kentucky
Reading First is a major federal initiative within the new reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: No Child Left Behind to improve reading for primary age (K-3) children throughout the state.
Secondary and Virtual Learning
Secondary and Virtual Learning Division information.
Student & Family Support
This section provides resources to help students and families address instructional challenges, particularly those barriers affecting students with special needs.
Technology
Knowing how to use technology is critical for students, teachers, administrators, and parents in the 21st Century. In these pages you will find valuable resources related to how technology is a part of standards, curriculum documents, teaching and learning strategies, and assessment instruments.
Textbooks and Other Instructional Resources
The Kentucky Department of Education has delayed the purchasing schedule for textbook adoption by one year as of October 2009. Mathematics State Multiple List published in September 2008. Contracts are for July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2015. Mathematics funding is scheduled for FY2010 and FY2011 Upcoming Textbook Adoption Schedule Practical ... More
Thinkfinity Kentucky
What is Thinkfinity Kentucky?Verizon Thinkfinity Kentucky is a partnership with Verizon Foundation and the Kentucky Department of Education. The goal of the program is to raise awareness and train teachers throughout the state to use the thousands of free educational resources available on Thinkfinity.org. The intent of the resources is to help meet the ... More