The grades K-1 KELPA forms shipped January 26, while the grades 2-12 forms shipped January 27. These forms were shipped via UPS Ground, which has a four-business day ship point to Kansas. The K-1 forms should arrive on February 1. The grades 2-12 forms should be arriving on Thursday, February 2. Packages will arrive at the district offices for public schools and directly to private schools.

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The Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation (CETE) at the University of Kansas announces that Colorado has joined the collaborative of educational experts working to develop the Career Pathways Assessment System (cPass). cPass is a new, innovative assessment for determining students’ career readiness. This tool will use computer-based tests with innovative item types and performance assessments to help students and states compete in an ever-changing global economy and ensure a capable and effective workforce.

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The Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation will hold the “Conference on Statistical Detection of Potential Test Fraud” on May 23 and 24 at the University of Kansas, Lawrence campus. Though test fraud is a topic of growing public concern, this is the first ever scholarly conference focusing on statistical approaches for identifying such problems. Conference topics include current statistical methods used by testing organizations to identify potential test fraud, and research into new statistical approaches.

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Progress has been made one year into a five-year grant awarded in 2010 to the University of Kansas Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation (CETE) by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. The $22 million grant — the largest in KU history — was awarded to fund development and evaluation of a new generation of alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities — the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternative Assessment System (DLM). Thirteen states are participating in the project: Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

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