The Department of Education conducts ongoing research on Kentucky’s statewide testing programs. Activities include establishing the validity of the assessment and accountability program. Studies include consistency of student results across multiple measures, the congruence of school scores with documented improvements in instructional practice and the school learning environment, and the potential for all scores to yield fair, consistent, and accurate student performance level and school accountability decisions.
The studies involve third-party checking of the Kentucky Summative Assessments (KSA) and Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessments (AKSA), the current statewide test; Kentucky Career and Technical Education End-of-Program (CTE EOP) Assessments; the Quality of School Climate and Safety (QSCS) Survey; and School Classification Accuracy. The research studies may include comparisons to national administered assessments (e.g. NAEP) and other studies recommended by other Kentucky agencies and the Legislative Research Commission.
These third-party research documents provide much of the evidence needed to assess the validity of the components of the statewide testing program and other requested research on statewide testing.
2025 Reports
2024 Reports
2023 Reports
2022 Reports
2021 Reports
Please email KDE DAC Information to request a copy of a report released prior to 2021.
Kevin Hill
Office of Assessment and Accountability
Division of Accountability Data and Analysis
300 Sower Blvd., 5th Floor
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-9853 Ext. 4712
Fax (502) 564-7749