It seems that making changes to the selected values from the UI, doesn't update $scope.selectedItems, nor does updating $scope.selectedItems through JavaScript update the View.
01.
<select kendo-multi-select
02.
id=
"'itemMultiSelect'"
03.
ng-
if
=
"itemDataSource"
04.
k-data-placeholder=
"'Select items...'"
05.
k-ng-model=
"selectedItems"
06.
k-data-source=
"itemsDataSource"
07.
k-data-text-field=
"'itemyName'"
08.
k-data-value-field=
"'itemId'"
09.
k-value-primitive=
false
10.
k-auto-close=
false
11.
k-on-select=
"onSelect(kendoEvent)"
>
12.
</select>