(FRANKFORT, Ky.) – Data related to the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act will be released on
Friday, August 11. The data will be available on the Kentucky Department of Education's Web site at 2 p.m. EDT.
The data had been scheduled for public release on August 3. Due to an error in the reporting of
a portion of Kentucky Core Content Test (KCCT) scores for students with disabilities who participated in online
testing, the release date was delayed.
The problem was discovered during quality control activities conducted last week by the Kentucky
Department of Education and involving school district personnel. eCollege, an education technology firm under
contract with the Department of Education, administered the assessments. The students' tests were supposed to be
transferred to the department's primary assessment contractor for the 2006 test administration, CTB/McGraw-Hill,
for scoring.
Of the 1,998 students who took the online assessment, the transfer of 886 students' work on the
mathematics assessment was not successful. During the scoring process, those students received zeroes in
mathematics.
The corrected scores of those students could positively impact their schools' and districts' overall AYP
results, with possible increases in the overall percentages of students scoring at proficient or higher in math.
The delay will allow school district staff additional time to submit data review requests prior to
the release to assure that the results are as accurate as possible. The Department of Education will review the
existing data for schools and districts so that the information reported on August 11 is correct and up-to-date.
AYP results are based on the KCCT items in reading and mathematics. Schools are required to have specific percentages of students reaching proficiency in reading and mathematics each year and to meet other criteria in order to make AYP. Schools and districts may have a maximum of 25 goals to reach in order to make AYP.
Each year, nearly 475,000 Kentucky public school students are tested in a variety of subjects through the KCCT and the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS). Information from the KCCT provides both state and federal accountability data.
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