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Massachusetts’ Early Childhood Education: A Collaboration between ESE and EEC

Massachusetts’ Early Childhood Education: A Collaboration between ESE and EEC. Joint Board Meeting January 27, 2014. Federal Context for Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA): RTTT - ELC.

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Massachusetts’ Early Childhood Education: A Collaboration between ESE and EEC

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  1. Massachusetts’ Early Childhood Education: A Collaboration between ESE and EEC Joint Board Meeting January 27, 2014

  2. Federal Context for Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA): RTTT - ELC • RTT-ELC requires the state to implement a “Comprehensive Assessment System” (MELD implementation already underway prior to RTT-ELC award) • Elements of a Comprehensive Assessment System: • Screening Measures • Formative Assessments • Measures of Environmental Quality • Measures of the Quality of Adult-Child Interactions

  3. Massachusetts KEA Proposal • Formative assessment/observation • GOLD (Teaching Strategies) • Work Sampling (Pearson) • Assessment of all kindergarten children • All developmental domains, including social-emotional development; approaches towards play and learning; physical development • At least fall and spring data collection; progress measurement

  4. Roll-Out Plan (2012-2016) • Year 1: 306 districts invited; 20 volunteered (in progress) • Year 2: targeted Quality Full-Day Kindergarten (QFDK) districts; 58 volunteered (in progress) • Year 3: required remaining QFDK districts to participate (90+ districts) • Year 4: consideration of remaining districts with kindergarten enrollment (130+ districts)

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