Kentucky Numeracy Counts Act Implementation Timeline Released
With the passage of HB 162 (2024), sponsored by Representative James Tipton, the Kentucky Numeracy Counts (KYNC) Act has been established and is now in its first phase of implementation.
The law establishes mathematics proficiency is essential for all Kentucky students and states it is Kentucky’s goal that all students have the skills necessary to demonstrate procedural skill and fluency, building from conceptual understanding to application, to solve real-world problems.
The House Bill 162 (2024) Kentucky Numeracy Counts Act Implementation Timeline provides detailed guidance regarding timelines and the scope of the legislation.
During the 2024-25 school year, the Kentucky Department of Education Office of Teaching and Learning will be publishing guidelines for selecting approved, reliable, and valid universal screeners and diagnostics for use by Kentucky schools and is collaborating with state partners to offer a connected series of professional learning academies for teachers and instructional leaders to support evidence-based mathematics instruction across the commonwealth.
Don’t miss updated information regarding KYNC in future Standards Newsletters.
Register Now! Adolescent Literacy Professional Learning Opportunity: Developing Skilled Middle and High School Readers Cohort
Join Office of Teaching and Learning literacy consultants for a free professional learning series built around the topics below. Recordings and resources will be available to participants unable to attend a particular session.
Session 1: September How Do We Learn to Read? Exploring Theoretical Frameworks for Reading Development
Session 2: October Decoding Multisyllabic Words within Complex, Grade-Level Texts
Session 3: November Fluency Building within Complex, Grade-Level Texts
Session 4: December Vocabulary and Knowledge Building Essentials
Session 5: January Comprehension as Both Process and Product
Session 6: February Connecting Skilled Reading to Skilled Writing
Participants will engage in six online, synchronous monthly learning sessions with asynchronous readings and opportunities to practice skills with students. Each session will conclude with opportunities to connect learning to classroom practices.
NEW Resource Around Kentucky Phenomena
The Kentucky Atlas of Phenomena (KAP), now available on the KyStandards Science Resources webpage, was developed by Kentucky educators for Kentucky educators. This website provides support to science teachers as they develop their understanding of various natural world phenomena that are common to Kentucky and the disciplinary core ideas (DCIs) needed to explain those phenomena.
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Based in the Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS) for Science and uses a “three-dimension of science model of learning;”
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A resource and tool for teacher professional learning that is intended to help teachers conceptualize their understandings and see connections between the scientific ideas and phenomena;
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A tool to explore local phenomena Kentucky teachers have observed or experienced;
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A process for making connections between local phenomena and the KAS for Science; and
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Scaffolded for basic, intermediate and advanced understandings of science ideas, which demonstrates the progression of learning over time.
The goal is to continue to grow the KAP website with various local science phenomena. To share a Kentucky phenomenon with us, support is provided on the website under the tab “How to Share Phenomenon Bundles.” Please complete the google form in its entirety to submit a Kentucky phenomenon for consideration. If you have any questions regarding how to submit a bundle or the contents on the KAP website, please email kdescience@education.ky.gov.
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