Research and Reports

Technical Manuals

Published: 7/29/2025 11:40 AM

The purpose of technical manuals is to provide detailed information about test development, scaling, scoring, norming, equating, and validity evidence for a specific assessment.

Some of the technical manuals are created for customized Kentucky assessments and others are based on a national sample of students.

Technical manuals are available for the following present and past state mandated assessments upon request. Please email KDE DAC Information to request a report older than 2020.

KSA

Alternate KSA

K Screen

K Screen Technical Manual

Other Previous Assessments

CATS

Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) 2011

ACT

ACT 2024 Technical Manual

K-Prep

*Kentucky Performance Rating for Education Progress = K-PREP

*Kentucky Summative Assessment =KSA

Links to Vendor Issued Reports

English Language Proficiency Assessment for ELLs (WIDA ACCESS for ELLs)

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

kevin.hill@education.ky.gov

Technical Manuals

KSA

Alternate KSA

​K Screen

​Other Previous Assessments

CATS

​​​​ACT

K-Prep

​Links to Vendor Issued Reports

K Screen

Other Previous Assessments

ACT

Links to Vendor Issued Reports