Author(s): Leslie McKinney
Published: June 2026
Title II, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides the largest dedicated source of federal funding to help states and districts improve educator quality and effectiveness through professional learning and other activities. States are required to publish their own annual reports on the use of these funds examining how districts allocated Title II, Part A funding and describes the characteristics of participating districts, including funding flexibility provisions.
Author(s): Leslie McKinney
Published: December 2025
This report summarizes district effors to implement Essential Workplace Etihics programs as required by KRS: 158.1413. It highlights how schools intergrate traits, providing a statewide overview of locally developed indicators and partnerships used to strengthen workplace readiness and share best practices across Kentucky districts.
Author(s): Lauren Milam, Judi Vanderhaar
Published: November 2021
This brief explores the extent to which school climate predicts educators’ perceptions of emotional well-being using the Impact KY survey from 2020.
Educator Well-being in Kentucky
Author(s): Lauren Milam, Aaron Butler, Judi Vanderhaar
Published: September 2021
This brief explores two questions from the 2020 Impact Kentucky survey to provide context about the current state of educator emotional well-being in Kentucky.
Author(s): Aaron Butler
Published: June 2019
This table reports the number of students who were labeled "Novice" in 3rd grade in 2012/13 that went on to become "Apprentice" or higher in 8th grade in 2017/18.
Author(s): Hannah Poquette, Aaron Butler
Published: May 2019
This report is a continuation of our work examining the progress being made by districts to close the current achievement gap in Kentucky (see Are Kentucky's Districts Closing the Achievement Gap?).
Author(s): Aaron Butler, Hannah Poquette
Published: March 2019
This study assesses districts’ progress in closing racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps in Kentucky for the 2017/18 school year.
KDE Strategic Performance Update
Author(s): Hannah Poquette, Aaron Butler
Published: December 2018
This strategic performance update was presented to the Kentucky Board of Education on December 5, 2018.
Author(s): Hannah Poquette, Aaron Butler
Published: November 2018
This literature review synthesizes evidence addressing characteristics of the Kentucky high school graduation requirement policy.
Author(s): Aaron Butler, Hannah Poquette
Published: February 2017
This review presents an overview of recent research examining the relationships between advanced coursework, specifically AP and dual enrollment, and college readiness and persistence.
Author(s): Aaron Butler, Hannah Poquette, Alex Spurrier
Published: January 2017
This study examines whether inequities exist between subgroups in students’ chances of reaching readiness standards amongst students who performed similarly in their 7th and 8th-grade math courses and 10th and 11th-grade math courses.