Dr. Linda Del Giudice Dr. Razak Garoui Dr. Andrea Meld Ms. Rona Popp Accountability Division

1. Kent School District and State Results Fall 2013 Dr. Linda Del Giudice Dr. Razak Garoui Dr. Andrea Meld Ms. Rona Popp Accountability Division Assessment Office, Kent School District March 26, 2014

2. Kent School DistrictSUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES Kent School District 12033 SE 256th Street Kent, WA 98030 Board of Directors Debbie Straus, Board President Karen DeBruler, Board Vice President Agda Burchard, Board Legislative Representative Russ Hanscom, Board Director Maya Vengadasalam, Board Director Superintendent Dr. Edward Lee Vargas

3. What is WaKIDS? The Washington Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (WaKIDS) is a transition process that helps to ensure a successful start to the K-12 experience and connect the key adults in a child’s life. Three Components: • Family connection welcomes families into the Washington K-12 system as partners in their child’s education. • Whole-child assessment gives kindergarten teachers information about the social/emotional, physical, cognitive, language, literacy and mathematics development of the children in their classrooms, so they may tailor their instruction to the individual needs of each child. • Early learning collaboration aligns practices of early learning professionals and kindergarten teachers to support smooth transitions for children.

4. Why WaKIDS? WaKIDS is a process that can help: • Students and their families transition to kindergarten • Inform instruction • Build collaboration across early learning and K–12 sectors (in part, through common assessments and discussion of data) • Inform school, district and state policy RESOURCES: WaKIDS video: http://k12.wa.us/wakids/ WaKIDS news (November 2013) What is WaKIDS? Family Brochure

5. How WaKIDS (TS GOLD) differs from other assessments

6. WaKIDS – Areas and Dimensions

7. District and State Level Results • A total of twelve elementary schools in the Kent School District (KSD) have been selected to participate in full-day kindergarten and the WaKIDS program for the 2013-2014 school year. • Cedar Valley, Daniel, Kent, Meadow Ridge, Park Orchard, and Scenic Hill elementary schools participated in WaKIDS for a second year. • East Hill, Millennium, Neely-O’Brien, Panther Lake, Pine Tree, and Springbrook started WaKIDS fall 2013.

16. Percent of KSD WaKIDS kindergarten students showing widely expected skill levels in Literacy

17. SLIDE 17 Percent of KSD WaKIDS kindergarten students showing widely expected skill levels in Language and Cognitive Domains

18. Percent of KSD WaKIDS kindergarten students showing widely expected skill levels in Math Skills

19. Slicing data by School and Demographics

20. Slicing data by School and Demographics

21. SLIDE 21 Slicing data by School and Demographics

22. SLIDE 22 Slicing data by School and Demographics

23. Next STEPS • Continue to support internal training with Pre-K teachers administering the WaKIDS Assessment. • Continue to track and support the Pre-K teachers to complete the Inter Rater Reliability test for fidelity of administering the WaKIDS assessment. • Continue to support the purchasing of iPads and training of Pre-K teachers as a tool for the state app to collect WaKIDS student data. • Provide additional opportunities for administration leads and Principals to attend WaKIDS overview and training.

24. Support the full WaKIDS state reimbursement of 3 days per calendar year to complete assessment as recommended by the state. • Extend the opportunity for all schoolwide Title buildings to use WaKIDS assessment in Pre-K programs. • Support the option for buildings to use WaKIDS two times a year, fall and winter, and use this assessment in the spring for students below benchmark targets. • Use the WaKIDS data for progress monitoring students and reporting to parents. Goal Setting form will not be required if WaKIDS is used. • Questions? SLIDE 24