Topeka ? The first set of scores showing how well Kansas students are performing under the new Common Core standards for reading and math will be released Tuesday.

The Kansas State Board of Education will receive that report when it gathers for its regular two-day monthly meeting in Topeka.

The state board officially adopted the new standards in 2010, and school districts spent the next four years transitioning their classroom instruction to align with the new expectations.

Known in Kansas as the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards, they were developed by a consortium of states and are intended to ensure students have the knowledge and skills they will need to enter college or the workforce by the time they graduate from high school.

Kansas first tried to administer tests aligned to the new standards in 2014, but a cyber attack on the computer system that manages the tests made it impossible for many students to complete the tests, and the state board agreed last summer not to use those scores for reporting purposes.

As a result, the scores being released Tuesday will be the first official set of scores under the new standards, and state officials say they will not be comparable to any previous scores.

Although students themselves may have little interest in the scores — they are not used for grades or determining whether a student can graduate — they are hugely important to teachers, building principals, administrators and state officials.

The scores are used to develop what are called Building Report Cards, which show the percentage of students, broken down by demographic groups, who are scoring at or above state expectations.

Those numbers, in turn, are used to evaluate teachers and principals. They’re also used to determine whether particular buildings or districts need targeted help in order to raise their students’ performance levels.

And ultimately they are used to determine whether Kansas qualifies for federal K-12 education funding.

Department of Education officials said Tuesday’s report will only reflect statewide aggregate scores. They said it will take several more weeks to compile scores at the individual building and district level.

In other business, the state board will:

• Receive a report on the current state of career and technical education in Kansas.
• Act on proposed new licensure standards for middle school and high school math teachers and K-12 library media specialists.
• Hear a presentation and review of the visiting international teacher program.
• Act on recommendations of the Professional Practices Commission regarding granting of licenses to four individuals.
• Vote on proposed changes to the board’s policies and guidelines.
• Meet in closed-door executive session for 15 minutes, beginning at about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, to discuss confidential data relating to trade secrets or financial affairs of private entities, then consider authorizing the Education Commissioner to sign contracts for the Reading for Success program.

On Wednesday, the board will conduct a vision planning retreat from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kansas National Education Association building, 715 SW 10th Ave., in Topeka.

On Thursday, the board will conduct a mentoring session with the Kansas Educational Leadership Institute from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Kansas State University Alumni Center, 1720 Alumni Center, in Manhattan.