Fourth graders will switch to quarterly KITE assessments

What happened

Haysville plans to give fourth graders common KITE assessments in the second, third and fourth quarters this school year, replacing HMH end-of-unit tests. Staff also said targeted students will be required to spend 30–49 minutes a week on i-Ready as part of an at-risk intervention plan.

Why it matters to families

The change replaces the existing fourth-grade assessment routine with scheduled districtwide testing, while adding a specific weekly learning-program requirement for targeted students.

The evidence

At the Nov. 9 meeting, staff described building common quarterly KITE assessments around the fourth-grade pacing guides and said the HMH end-of-unit tests would no longer be required. Staff said the targeted at-risk cohort would have to meet i-Ready's recommended 30–49 minutes weekly. This was presented as a staff implementation plan; no board action vote on it was recorded.

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