NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The second iteration of the Kansas Education Systems Accreditation, known as KESA 2.0, is being implemented across the state.
"Seven years prior was kind of the cycle for the KESA 1.0 and was really geared to look at the district as a whole and some processes and things," said Haven USD 312 Superintendent Craig Idacavage. "They focused on five R's and you had to build a rubric and grade yourself around those and a lot of hoops and narratives to write and to jump through."
The paperwork requirements for the new system are less stringent, while keeping up standards.
"It really focuses more on what is going on in the classroom and the building-wise through high quality instruction, through standards alignment, through balanced literacy and so those things that are starting in the classroom first," Idacavage said.
The accreditation status of each district or system will be presented to the Kansas State Board of Education during the summer of 2025.