State and National Assessment Information
K-12 Math Standards (2017 Version) (1.6 MiB)
Current state and federal legislation requires all students in grades 3-8 to be tested annually in reading and mathematics. For information our our Kansas Assessments, please visit the Kansas Assessment Homepage. Baldwin Intermediate students will participate in the following state assessments:
Grade 3: English Language Arts, Mathematics
Grade 4: English Language Arts, Mathematics
Grade 5: English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science
Student scores are reported to parents when they become available. To view the score interpretation guide, please click here:
Kansas Assessment Program Parent Guide (848.7 KiB)
Our students also participate in the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment. Each fall, students take the MAP test in reading, math, language arts, and science. MAP reading and math tests are administered every spring.
MAP Assessment Parent Tool Kit (129.2 KiB)
Parent Guide to MAP Assessments (466.8 KiB)
Curriculum Information
Click here to view all the Kansas Curricular Standards on the Kansas Department of Education website. Use the tabs marked “content areas A-E” and “content areas F-L” and “content areas M-Z” to find a specific subject like art, music, PE, health, etc.
Kansas has adopted the Common Core State Standards for language arts and math. In Kansas, those standards are referred to as the Kansas College and Career Ready Standards. Click on the subject area above to access the standards or you can download a pdf of the standards by grade level
3rd grade Kansas reading standards (477.2 KiB)
4th grade Kansas reading standards (477.9 KiB)
5th grade Kansas reading standards (483.6 KiB)
K-12 Math Standards (2017 Version) (1.6 MiB)
The Kansas Board of Education has adopted the Next Generation Science Standards. You can view those in detail on their website.
Downloadable science standards documents:
3rd grade Kansas science standards (3.7 MiB)
4th grade Kansas science standards (3.4 MiB)
5th grade Kansas science standards (3.7 MiB)
Kansas science standards K-12 (9.7 MiB)
How to read the Next Generation Science Standards (801.9 KiB)
Click here to view the full document of Kansas Social Studies curricular standards
Downloadable standards for social studies
3rd grade social studies standards (325.0 KiB)
4th grade social studies standards (329.8 KiB)
5th grade social studies standards (344.0 KiB)
There are several sites for viewing assessment performance and demographic data about our school. Here are the two most common sites:
Kansas public schools operate under continuous improvement. Each school develops and implements a school improvement plan. The current BESIC school improvement plan was developed with input from staff and parents, including our school site council. You can view the plan by clicking on the pdf below.
School Improvement Plan 2016-2019 - BESIC (595.7 KiB)
Second Step Program Information
3rd grade Second Step program (23.0 KiB)
Second Step Program - 4th grade (89.0 KiB)
5th grade Second Step program (22.9 KiB)
Baldwin Intermediate Center Progress Reports
Coming soon…a parent’s guide to Standards-Based grading.
Click below to see a copy of the current grade card
New Standards-Based progress report coming soon!