Dive Brief:

• The Kansas Board of Education voted (9-0) to refrain from releasing reading and math assessment data this year, saying cyberattacks during spring testing compromised the results.  
• This means there will be no reports on how students performed statewide or in individual schools and districts — resources typically used to help parents decide how they feel about a school and provide transparency.  
• The U.S. Department of Education must sign off on Kansas' plan, since states are federally required to give annual tests and improve results.  

Dive Insight:

While the board was unanimous in its decision to not release the scores, not everyone was pleased with the reason why. According to the Associated Press, John Bacon, a Republican from Olathe, wants the board to review its contract with the Center for Educational Testing and Evaluation, which designed this year's Common Core-aligned, online test. Kansas paid CETE $4.6 million during the 2013-14 school year, yet it is walking away from its testing experience with no data or accountability to the public since about two-thirds of the reading tests and one-third of the math tests were completed during the period when districts experienced problems administering exams.