A new federal report places Kansas academic standards near the middle of the pack when compared to a benchmark national test.
Thursday's report by the National Center for Education Statistics, a division of the U.S. Department of Education, looked at test results from 2005 and 2007 from 47 states.
The report compared state achievement levels to achievement levels on the National Assessment of Education Progress, also considered a national report card of progress.
Beth Fultz, Kansas coordinator for the NAEP program, says the report suggests that Kansas students are doing well on both the state tests and the NAEP test.
Fultz says that based on the rankings, changes don't appear to be needed in the state's academic standards.
