Kentucky’s proposed Framework 4.0 – which would revamp the state’s assessment and accountability systems – has moved into the advocacy phase and was discussed during the Kentucky United We Learn Council’s meeting on June 20.
Members of the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) heard recommendations for new certification grade bands from the Certification Structure Workgroup at their meeting on June 17. The work group was created in October 2024 to analyze and suggest potential areas of reform within Kentucky’s teacher certification structure. The group has 32 members, including legislators, educators, school and district administrators, human resource directors, and educator preparation providers.
Educators Rising Kentucky named six students to its team of state officers for the 2025-2026 academic year. This leadership team will begin their term on July 1, 2025.
The Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Division of Student Success, from the Office of Continuous Improvement and Support, hosted its 2025 Persistence to Graduation Summit in Lexington on June 12-13 with more than 300 Kentucky educators attending.
The Education Recovery Scorecard is a collaboration between the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University and The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University. Each year, they issue a report on district-level student growth in math and reading.
Representatives with the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Division of Innovation met with members of the Teachers Advisory Council to discuss the Portrait of a Learner and defenses of learning during the Teachers Advisory Council meeting on June 10.
A group of 68 Kentucky educators successfully completed the nationally recognized National Institute for School and System Leadership (NISL) program during the 2024-2025 school year.
Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher, leaders with the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE), and superintendents Jesse Bacon of Bullitt County and Brian Creasman of Fleming County discussed the latest innovations around assessment and accountability, as well as the latest framework to revamp the Commonwealth’s systems, with state lawmakers during the Interim Joint Committee on Education meeting on June 3.
Members of the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) met with members of the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) during the KBE meeting June 4-5.
Chris Williams, an education program consultant with the Kentucky Department of Education’s (KDE’s) Office of Assessment and Accountability, Assessment Communication Branch, received the 2025 Teresa Perry Compassion Award during the Kentucky Board of Education meeting on June 5.
