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DOE Update Denise Bishop, Director Program Standards and Professional Development Office of Early Learning. Duval Early Learning Directors’ Network January 20, 2009. Topics. 2008-09 Kindergarten Screening & 2007-08 VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate Calculation
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DOE UpdateDenise Bishop, DirectorProgram Standards and Professional DevelopmentOffice of Early Learning Duval Early Learning Directors’ Network January 20, 2009
Topics • 2008-09 Kindergarten Screening & 2007-08 VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate Calculation • 2009-10 New Kindergarten Assessments • VPK Assessments
2007-08 Kindergarten Screening & VPK Provider Readiness Rate: Timelines • November 3 - 27, 2008 - • VPK Provider Verification • November 3 - December 5, 2008 • Coalition Review/Approval • December 12 - 17, 2008 • Posting of District/School Results • December 15 - 19, 2008 • Release of Kindergarten Screening Results • Coalition Receipt of District Results
2007-08 Kindergarten Screening and VPK Provider Readiness Rates: Timelines • December 22, 2008 – January 3, 2009 • Results of Matched/Unmatched Records for Additional Information • January 15, 2009 • Calculation of 2007-08 Preliminary Rates • Conference Calls with Coalitions/Districts • January 15 – February 14, 2009 • Dispute Resolution and Recalculation of Rates • February 17, 2009 • Release of Final Readiness Rates
Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading - NEW! • For K –12 students • Available to all districts in 2009-10 • Predictive of end-of-year performance in reading • Administered by the kindergarten teacher • Used for screening, progress monitoring, and diagnostic testing
The Five Elements of Reading: Critical to Assessment AND Instruction
What is the Probability of Success in Reading Score? • A score that tells the probability that a student will be on grade level at the end of the year. (at or above the 40%ile on the Stanford Achievement Test) Green Success Zone: the student has an 85% or greater chance of being at or above grade level Yellow Success Zone: the student has an 16-84% chance of being at or above grade level Red Success Zone: the student has a 15% or lower chance of being at or above grade level
Florida AssessmentsFrequency of Administration • Assessment Period 1 – Fall/September (Instructional Days 20 - 39) • Assessment Period 2 – Winter/February (Instructional Days 95 - 114) • Assessment Period 3 – Spring/April (Instructional Days 156 - 174)
Florida Assessments: K - 2 All assessments include practice items.
Kindergarten Broad Screening: Letter Naming Teacher Directions: I’m going to show you some letters of the alphabet. Tell me the name of the letter. Ready?
VPK Education Standards 2008 V. Emergent Literacy A.3. Shows alphabetic knowledge a. …recognizes almost all letters by name b. …names most letters c. ...names some letter sounds
Kindergarten Broad Screening: Phonemic Awareness Teacher Directions: What would the word be if I say: • /l/ /ake/ (lake) • /l/ /ock/ (lock) • /sh/ /ip/ (ship) • /s/ /o/ (so) • /h/ /all/ (hall) • /c/ /oa/ /t / (coat) For the first assessment, the majority of the 10 items are onset and rime.
VPK Education Standards 2008 V. Emergent Literacy A.2. Shows age-appropriate phonological awareness a. …combines words to make a compound word (foot + ball = football) b. …combines syllables into words (sis + ter = sister) c. …can delete a syllable from a word (trumpet – trum = pet) d. …combines onset and rime to form a one-syllable word with pictorial support (c + at = cat)
Assessment Decision Rules(Assessment Period 1) Broad Screen/Progress Monitoring Tool Letter Naming +Phonemic Awareness= Probability of Success Broad Diagnostic Inventory Listening +Vocabulary Comprehension(Students scoring in red (All K students) and yellow zones) Targeted Diagnostic Inventory
Contact Information Office of Early Learning Florida Department of Education (850) 245-0445 earlylearning@fldoe.org