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How are the Local Education Agencies Spending ESSER funds?
By Tiyani Rodrigo Accessible data The federal government disbursed COVID – 19 relief funds to the SEAs through Coronavirus Aid Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) Fund (ESSER I), Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations (CRRSA) Act (ESSER II), and American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act [...]
Who has Access to Advanced Placement Courses in Kentucky?
Across the Commonwealth, students have two primary opportunities to graduate high school with college credit: dual credit courses or Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Dual credit courses are offered through a partnership between a postsecondary institution and a high school and allow students to earn high school credit and college credit simultaneously. AP courses are governed [...]
Gaining a Clearer Picture on Kentucky Student Access to Internet at Home
Written by: Aaron Butler, Lauren Milam, and Marty Parks When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down schools across Kentucky in 2020, one question rose to the highest priority level: do students have access to the internet at home so we can continue to equitably support student learning remotely? While many hoped the pandemic was only [...]
The Academic Effects of Remote Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The reigning wisdom was that remote learning, where students learned fully online at home, was hard on students academically and socially/emotionally during the 2020-21 school year. In this blog post we analyze what that looked like for students in terms of academic performance on the Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress (K-PREP) exams in 2021. [...]
School Climate and Educator Emotional Well-being
At this moment, it is critically important that we turn our attention to the well-being of educators and students. The pandemic brought with it anxiety, disruption, and uncertainty and exacerbated the anxiety that was already present in schools. Collectively, we have experienced significant trauma and we know that the experience of surviving a pandemic [...]
Where did all the students go?
By: Lauren Milam, Kentucky Department of Education In August 2021 the New York Times published a piece about the “pandemic exodus” from public schools. In their nationwide study they found that enrollment in schools had dropped, particularly among students in kindergarten. It got us thinking – what’s the story in Kentucky? Using the latest school [...]
Introducing the KY Strategic Dashboard
In Spring 2021 the Kentucky Board of Education charged Commissioner Jason E. Glass with setting ambitious goals to advance student learning across the Commonwealth. So, in coordination with the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE), the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) established the following five goals: Build positive working relationships and obtain feedback from education policymakers, [...]
Learning With KY Data
Welcome to Learning with KY Data! At the Kentucky Department of Education, we have a team of individuals dedicated to using data to support the creation and ongoing implementation of the Commissioner's strategic plan. This presents a unique opportunity to serve students by anchoring discussions and decision-making in data. Although many agencies are rising to [...]
The Efficacy of AP Courses in Kentucky Public Schools
In 2021, the Office of Teaching and Learning at the Kentucky Department of Education sought answers to two questions: Access: Who has access to advanced placement course offerings? Efficacy: Do advanced placement courses lead to differences in student outcomes? In a prior post, we analyzed question 1 and found that access to advanced [...]