4 p.m. (AP) — The Kansas Department of Education says overall scores by K-12 students on standardized math and reading tests have slipped this year.

The department also reported Tuesday that 59 percent of the state’s public and accredited private elementary and secondary schools failed to show progress this year in improving students’ overall scores. Students took the tests in the spring.

But Deputy Education Commissioner Brad Neuenswander (NOON’-swahn-duhr) said some of the declines can be attributed to changes in academic standards since 2010. He said the tests are not fully aligned to what’s being taught.

The department reported that 84.7 percent of Kansas students were proficient in reading, compared with 87 percent in 2012. It said 78.3 percent were proficient in math, compared to 85 percent in 2012.

 

 5:10 a.m.  (AP) — Kansas education officials are releasing the results of student performance on assessment tests taken during the spring in math, reading, social studies and science.

The State Board of Education was scheduled to receive what’s known as the Kansas Report Card during a meeting Tuesday afternoon.

The report includes data on student participation rates and growth in the top three performance categories. Officials are also expected to discuss progress in closing achievement gaps among students of various ethnic and racial groups and income levels.