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The WY-TOPP Summative Assessment Window will open April 16–May 10. This includes ELA and Math for grades 3–10 and Science for grades 4, 8, and 10. The writing portion of the assessment will also be available for Virtual Education students. If a student did not complete the writing portion of the assessment during the early [...]

The WY-ALT Writing Window opens Tuesday, March 5–Friday, April 12. The WY-ALT is an individually administered student performance assessment that allows students with the most significant cognitive disabilities to demonstrate their mastery of grade-level-aligned Wyoming Extended Standards. The WY-ALT is administered to students in grades 3–10 in English Language Arts and Math, and in grades [...]

The WY-TOPP Writing Window opens Monday, March 4–Friday, March 15. The window is being held early to allow all student writing responses to be hand-scored and included in the ELA assessment scores. ELA scores for grades 3, 5, 7, and 9 will be published by mid-June. All students in grades 3, 5, 7, and 9 [...]

CHEYENNE – Results for the fourth administration of the Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (WY-TOPP) are now available online. For the Wyoming Test of Proficiency and Progress (WY-TOPP) and the Wyoming Alternate Assessment (WY-ALT), results indicate areas of growth in proficiency rates at individual grade levels within each content area. Overall student proficiency rates decreased [...]

Dear Superintendents, If you attended the final day of the recent S5S conference, you felt the energy and inspiration when our 2020 Wyoming Teacher of the Year (WTOY), Dane Weaver, spoke. His impromptu acceptance speech worth watching and sharing!    Mr. Weaver's Speech THE BIG READ - As Wyoming sharpens its focus on early literacy teaching and learning, [...]

Dear Superintendents, Staff at the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) are coordinating multiple opportunities for professional development this summer. We are excited about offering new and established events for Wyoming's educators. Thank you for partnering with us to ensure all trainings are relevant, timely, and substantial. The best way to stay abreast is via the [...]

Dear Superintendents, In case you missed the "save-the-date" announcement on social media or in last week's memos, the Superintendent's Policy Summit (S5S) will be held October 1-2 in Laramie. The theme "Pursuing Excellence Together" will overlay panels, breakouts, and information sessions. Please consider presenting on one of the following: student safety and security education law [...]

CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Department of Education seeks public comment on changes to several rules and regulations including accreditation, statewide standards, graduation requirements, the Hathaway Scholarship Program, and a school nutrition project. Public comment on all of the proposed rules is open through June 29, 2018. All public comments will be recorded, filed, and posted on [...]

Dear Superintendents, It was a privilege to conduct a formal government to government conversation with the Northern Arapaho Business Council this week. The conversation was in fulfillment of the requirement for meaningful consultation with tribes on the Every Student Succeeds (ESSA) State Plan. Beyond the requirement, however, the visit was a wonderful opportunity to talk [...]

Dear Superintendents, First, I want to share a couple of salient articles from this week: http://trib.com/news/local/education/study-shows-rural-communities-benefit-from-after-school-programs/article_7fac8c46-c44a-5d2b-8fbf-4265b8f47b2f.html https://www.the74million.org/article/in-the-shadows-of-wyomings-oil-and-coal-heydey-an-education-funding-crisis?utm_campaign=Contact+SNS+For+More+Referrer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=snsanalytics Both touch on some of the greatest challenges and successes we face today. We are seeing unprecedented collaboration in Wyoming education with new, reinvigorated, and targeted partnerships. We are all working to create more opportunities for students to [...]

Dear Superintendents, First, I want to share a couple of salient articles from this week: http://trib.com/news/local/education/study-shows-rural-communities-benefit-from-after-school-programs/article_7fac8c46-c44a-5d2b-8fbf-4265b8f47b2f.html https://www.the74million.org/article/in-the-shadows-of-wyomings-oil-and-coal-heydey-an-education-funding-crisis?utm_campaign=Contact+SNS+For+More+Referrer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=snsanalytics Both touch on some of the greatest challenges and successes we face today. We are seeing unprecedented collaboration in Wyoming education with new, reinvigorated, and targeted partnerships. We are all working to create more opportunities for students to [...]

Good afternoon, Week two of the legislative session is almost in the books. Unfortunately, there is not much good news to report. Initial attempts to restore the external cost adjustment (ECA) failed in the House and Senate. On Thursday, superintendents from small, medium, and large districts appeared in front of the House Education Committee with [...]