肯塔基州公布2025-2026学年评估数据：阅读熟练率各学段创近年新高 四年毕业率升至94.1%
法兰克福讯——肯塔基州教育部（KDE）10月15日公开发布2025-2026学年全州学业评估与问责数据，发布依据为州法律与联邦《每个学生成功法案》（ESSA）的要求。数据显示，该州学生阅读成绩在各学段再创近年新高，中学后准备度与毕业率也有所提升，但数学成绩基本持平或略有下滑，获最高总体评级的学校数量减少。
本次评估于今年春季进行，对象为全州公立学校3至8年级、10年级与11年级学生，科目包括阅读、数学、社会研究、科学、编辑与机械规范及现场写作。阅读方面，达到「熟练」或「优异」水平的学生比例在各学段全面上升：小学为50%，高于2025年的49%与2022年的45%；初中为48%，高于2025年的47%与2022年的44%；高中为49%，高于2025年的46%与2022年的44%；各学段处于最低「新手」水平的学生比例较2022年均有下降。
数学成绩则未同步上升：小学43%，与2025年持平；初中40%，低于2025年的41%；高中39%，低于2025年的40%。科学方面，小学升至40%（2025年为37%），高中升至23%（2025年为21%），初中则降至28%（2025年为29%）。社会研究各学段与2025年大致持平。
毕业与升学准备指标表现较强。按联邦口径计算的四年毕业率为94.1%，五年毕业率为94.5%，均为近五年最高；全州中学后准备度指标分数由92.2升至98.5，在该指标上获最高「蓝色」评级的高中由122所增至151所，占全州高中总数的67%，高于上一年的54%。不过，由于反映年度进步的「变化」分数明显走低，今年获绿色与蓝色最高总体评级的学校总数有所减少，州教育部称这反映各校较上一年的进步幅度放缓，而非当前表现大幅下滑。
肯塔基州教育专员罗比·弗莱彻（Robbie Fletcher）在发布声明中肯定了学生的表现，表示仍有很大的成长空间，并感谢各学区与州教育部工作人员近年来在读写与计算能力方面所做的工作，称相关举措已开始见效。
州教育部同时说明，州议会2026年会期通过的第257号众议院法案将改革该州的评估与问责体系，新规自2026-2027学年起生效，不影响本次发布的数据；由于今后的计算方式与指标将发生变化，比较未来数据与本次数据时应谨慎。本次完整数据可在肯塔基学校报告卡仪表板与州教育部开放数据页面查询。
（来源：肯塔基州教育部）
Kentucky Releases 2025-26 Assessment Data: Reading Proficiency Reaches Recent Highs at Every Level, Four-Year Graduation Rate Rises to 94.1%
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) on October 15 publicly released assessment and accountability data for the 2025-2026 school year, as required by state statute and the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. The results show reading performance reaching recent highs at every grade level, with postsecondary readiness and graduation rates also improving, while mathematics results were flat or slightly lower and fewer schools earned the highest overall accountability ratings.
During the 2025-2026 school year, public school students in grades 3 through 8 and grades 10 and 11 took the Kentucky Summative Assessments in reading, mathematics, social studies, science, editing and mechanics, and on-demand writing. In reading, the share of students scoring proficient or distinguished rose across all grade spans: 50% in elementary school, up from 49% in 2025 and 45% in 2022; 48% in middle school, up from 47% in 2025 and 44% in 2022; and 49% in high school, up from 46% in 2025 and 44% in 2022. Fewer students scored at the novice level in reading at every level than in 2022.
Mathematics did not keep pace: proficiency was 43% in elementary school, unchanged from 2025; 40% in middle school, down from 41%; and 39% in high school, down from 40%. In science, elementary proficiency rose to 40% from 37% in 2025 and high school rose to 23% from 21%, while middle school slipped to 28% from 29%. Social studies results were broadly unchanged from the prior year.
Graduation and readiness measures were stronger. The four-year graduation rate was 94.1% and the five-year rate 94.5%, both the highest in the last five years of reporting. The statewide postsecondary readiness indicator score rose from 92.2 to 98.5, and the number of high schools earning the top blue rating on that indicator increased from 122 to 151, or 67% of high schools, up from 54% the previous year. Overall school ratings, however, included fewer green and blue ratings, mainly because Change scores — which measure year-to-year improvement — were much lower, even as current-year Status scores were similar to the prior year.
Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher commended students for their performance, saying, "There is still plenty of room for growth," and thanked districts and KDE staff for work in recent years on literacy and numeracy, which he said is showing signs of paying off.
KDE also noted that House Bill 257, approved by lawmakers during the 2026 legislative session, will change the state's assessment and accountability system beginning with the 2026-2027 school year and does not affect this year's results; because calculations and indicators will change, the department advised caution when comparing future results with the fall 2026 release. The full data are available on the Kentucky School Report Card Dashboard and KDE's Open House webpage.
(Source: Kentucky Department of Education, 2025-2026 assessment and accountability data release, October 15, 2026, via Kentucky Teacher)
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