Research and Reports

Technical Manuals

Published: 2/28/2024 1:31 PM

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 2017.

KSA

K-Prep

K-PREP 2012 through 2016 Reports
K-PREP Yearbook 2012 through 2016 Reports

Linking K-PREP Reading with the Lexile Framework 2012
Linking K-PREP Mathematics with the Quantile Framework 2012

Alternate KSA

Alternate Kentucky Summative Assessment 2022 Technical Manual

Alternate K-Prep

Alternate K-PREP 2012

Other Previous Assessments

Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) 2011

*Kentucky Performance Rating for Education Progress = K-PREP

Links to Vendor Issued Reports

The ACT Technical Manual

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