2022-2023 School Year - Student Assessments and Graduation Results

Sep 15, 2026

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Board-level reporting for the 2022-2023 school year compiles student assessment and graduation result information for the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. It outlines districtwide and benchmark assessment calendars and explains major state and local measures, including AK STAR, NWEA MAP Growth, and the Alaska Science Assessment, with details on scoring models, grade ranges, and the 2023 alignment/cut-score review process. The report also covers graduation-related indicators and English learner assessment requirements.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages32

Reading Time1 h 21 min

AccessFree to download

Board Members

Districtwide Assessment Calendar

Benchmark Assessment Schedule

AK STAR

Alaska Science Assessment

ACCESS for ELLs

NWEA MAP Growth

AimswebPlus

Graduation Rate

Dropout Data

Transient Rate

ACT

SAT

Alaska Performance Scholarship

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Student Assessments/Graduation Results 2022-2023 School Year Clayton Holland Superintendent February 2024 2 Table of Contents Board Members ………………………………………. 3 Districtwide Assessment Calendar …………… 4 Benchmark Assessment Schedule …………….. 5 AK STAR ………………………………………………….. 6 Alaska Science Assessment ………………………. 7 ACCESS for ELLs ……………………………………… 9 NWEA MAP Growth …………………………………. 11 AimswebPlus ………………………………………….. 13 Graduation Rate ………………………………………. 18 Dropout Data …………………………………………... 20 Transient Rate ………………………………………… 21 ACT ………………………………………………………… 22 SAT …………………………………………………………. 23 Alaska Performance Scholarship………………. 25 Appendix A ……………………………………………… 27 Appendix B ……………………………………………… 30 Appendix C ……………………………………………… 31 3 2022-2023 School Board Members Debbie Cary-President Zen Kelly-Vice President Jason Tauriainen-Clerk Penny Vadla-Treasurer Beverley Romanin Matt Morse Patti Truesdell Tim Daugharty Virginia Morgan Ashley Dahlman Student Representative Nikkol Sipes Administrative Secretary District Staff Clayton Holland-Superintendent Kari Dendurent-Assistant Superintendent Nate Crabtree-Director of Human Resources Elizabeth Hayes-Director of Finance Terry Manning-Director of Pupil Services Eric Pederson-Director of Elementary Education Tony Graham-Director of Secondary Education | 4
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Districtwide Assessment Program
Each year, the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District assesses student achievement using a variety of measures. The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District administered the following assessments during the 2022-2023 school year: | | --- | | | | | | 5
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Benchmark Testing Schedule | | --- | | | | | 6 2022-2023 Alaska’s Balanced Assessment System – AK STAR and NWEA MAP Growth The State of Alaska partnered with NWEA to create Alaska’s summative assessment system called AK STAR. Students in grades 3-9 completed the AK STAR summative assessment once in the spring of 2022 and again the spring of 2023. Students also took assessments created by NWEA three times per year for KPBSD’s district benchmarks called NWEA MAP Growth. Students in grades 3-10 took these assessments in the fall, winter, and spring. NWEA MAP Growth is a norm-referenced assessment that shows what students are ready to learn next in reading, language usage, and math, and it measures students’ growth over time. The assessments are independent of students’ assigned grade level and are item adaptive. This means that students could see assessment questions that are above or below their assigned grade level dependent on how they answer the previous question. The results of the assessment not only display the students’ zone of proximal development, but also provide a conditional growth percentile and a national percentile ranking which allows for comparison between Alaska’s students and the nation’s students who also have taken the MAP Growth assessments. In contrast, the summative AK STAR assessment is criterion-referenced and measures grade level proficiency in English language arts and math. Students see grade-level questions only. The results categorize students into proficiency bands which state whether they are proficient or not on grade-level standards. In the spring of 2023, the AK STAR assessment and the spring administration of NWEA MAP Growth were combined into one assessment yielding both criterion and norm-referenced data. Although the assessments went through rigorous alignment studies, a discrepancy was noticed between achievement categories on the AK STAR and national percentile rankings on NWEA MAP Growth assessments. Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) recruited stakeholders to review the cut scores and make a recommendation as to whether there should be an adjustment. This stakeholder group reviewed both the new AK STAR and the new Alaska Science Assessments’ cut scores. The recommendation was that no ad

FAQs

What assessments were administered during the 2022-2023 school year?

The district administered AK STAR, NWEA MAP Growth, and the Alaska Science Assessment, along with other listed districtwide and benchmark measures and ELL assessments.

How do AK STAR and NWEA MAP Growth differ in how results are reported?

AK STAR is criterion-referenced and measures grade-level proficiency into proficiency bands, while NWEA MAP Growth is norm-referenced and provides growth and percentile comparisons across time and relative readiness for next learning.

Why were AK STAR cut scores reviewed in 2023?

A discrepancy was noticed between achievement categories on AK STAR and national percentile rankings on NWEA MAP Growth, leading DEED to review stakeholder cut scores and recommend adjustments for AK STAR.

Sep 15, 2026

Uploaded by Mason