Dear Parent(s) and Guardian(s):

The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (DEED) released the 2020-2021 Report Cards to the Public for each school district and school in Alaska. The continuing impact of COVID-19 on the operation of Alaska’s public school buildings throughout the 2020-2021 school year has had a substantial effect on the state’s accountability system and Alaska Report Card to the Public. As a result, the Accountability waiver that was approved on June 9, 2021, limits the data that are available on the Report Card for the 2020-2021 school year. The Reporting Plan for the 2020-2021 Alaska School, District, and State Report Cards outlines the data that will be reported publicly on the website and the data that will likely be accompanied with additional documentation.

You may view the 2020-2021 (and prior years) Alaska Department of Education & Early Development Report Card to the Public, and specifically the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, or any school in the KPBSD, at this link: education.alaska.gov/reportcardtothepublic

• On the webpage, select “Kenai Peninsula Borough School District” in the “District” drop down selection
• In the “School” field, select your KPBSD school from the alphabetical list
  

If you are unable to access the “Report Card to the Public” online, kindly contact the school your child attends.

In August 2021, Commissioner Dr. Michael Johnson wrote, “It is important to keep in mind that for many students, instruction and assessment looked very different during the COVID-19 pandemic. As local school boards managed the impacts of COVID, assessment participation rates among students taking the assessment were so low that the department [Alaska Department of Education and Early Development] cautions against drawing sweeping conclusions about student performance statewide.”

We know that the report card to the public is just one of many ways you will engage with us. We look forward to sharing our school’s successes with you, and working together to make our schools better every day. In particular, we are proud that the report card to the public shows how we are doing.

We hope you will closely follow your student’s academic progress and work with their teacher(s) to help ensure academic success. Working together as a team, we can improve not only how well our students are performing individually, but how our school and district is performing as a whole. There is nothing more important to administrators and teachers than ensuring that students are ready for the next step in their academic career. We look forward to partnering with you.

If you have questions or concerns regarding your school report card, kindly contact your school principal.

For questions about the district report card to the public, call the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District office at 907-714-8888, and ask to speak with the student assessment department.