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
Our MissionThe future strength of the Commonwealth of Kentucky depends upon the healthy development of our youngest citizens. Therefore, this initiative will build upon existing resources, foster public-private partnerships, insure collaborative planning and implementation, and mobilize communities to: support and strengthen families, assure that all children grow and develop to their ... 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.
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 School
Information about the secondary program in Kentucky schools, including content specific resources.
Individual Learning Plan
SCROLL TO BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR MORE LINKS ABOUT THE ILP The 2006-2007 school year was the first school year in which middle and high school students in Kentucky schools had a new online education planning tool at their fingertips. The new web-enabled Individual Learning Plan (ILP) helps secondary students (grades 6-12) better focus ... More
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 Instructional Data System
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
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.
Thinkfinity Kentucky
Thinkfinity is a nonprofit consortium of eight of the nation's premiere education organizations and the Verizon Foundation. The Thinkfinity National Content Partners develop and deliver high-quality, standards-based online resources across the disciplines, designed to integrate into the K-12 curriculum. Each partner site features both original standards-based national content and lesson plans including ... More