KSA Testing Grades 4

Question 1

Which organization develops and scores the ACT that Kentucky requires all 11th graders to take?

Accepted Answer

ACT, Inc.

Answer

The Kentucky Department of Education

Answer

College Board

Answer

Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Question 2

What ACT composite score does Kentucky use as a benchmark indicating a student is on track for college readiness?

Accepted Answer

20

Answer

18

Answer

22

Answer

25

Question 3

Which grades are required to take the K-PREP reading and mathematics assessments in Kentucky?

Accepted Answer

Grades 3 through 8

Answer

Grades 1 through 5

Answer

Grades 4 through 9

Answer

Grades 2 through 7

Question 4

A Kentucky high school has a graduation rate below the state threshold. How does this most directly affect the school's accountability label?

Accepted Answer

The school may be classified as a 'Priority School'

Answer

The school automatically becomes a 'Reward School'

Answer

The school receives extra state funding with no accountability consequences

Answer

The school is removed from the state accountability system

Question 5

What is the primary purpose of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), sometimes called the 'Nation's Report Card'?

Accepted Answer

To provide a nationally comparable measure of student achievement across states

Answer

To replace K-PREP as Kentucky's official state assessment

Answer

To determine individual student grade promotion in Kentucky

Answer

To score college admissions applications

Question 6

Under Kentucky's assessment system, which student population subgroup is specifically monitored to ensure educational equity?

Accepted Answer

Students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, among other groups

Answer

Only students scoring Distinguished on K-PREP

Answer

Only students enrolled in gifted programs

Answer

Only students who transfer between districts

Question 7

What testing window do most Kentucky K-PREP assessments occur within each school year?

Accepted Answer

Spring, typically April through May

Answer

September through October

Answer

November through December

Answer

Summer school sessions only