Update - August 2025
Assessments and funding in focus
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This month’s highlights:
Top Story — Testing & accountability at a crossroads: what the research says, why it matters now, and how systems should evolve.
Missouri Update — Funding Formula Modernization Task Force hears Bellwether’s best-practice options; plus Missouri’s SRSA pilot launches, moving to through-year assessments with a summative check.
Kansas Update — State Board resets assessment cut scores. Supporters call it alignment to real readiness; critics see lowered standards. Here’s what to watch next.
On the Road — Final stop of our Cradle to Career Listening Tour: Topeka – Sept 17, 1:00–2:30 PM, Kansas Chamber. Join us — RSVP inside.