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.
AKSA
K Screen
Other Previous Assessments
CATS
- Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) 2011
ACT
K-Prep
*Kentucky Performance Rating for Education Progress = K-PREP
*Kentucky Summative Assessment =KSA
*Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment = AKSA