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Professional Development by Johns Hopkins School of Education, Center for Technology in Education Ready for Kindergarten Ohio’s Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System (EC-CAS)
Professional Development by Johns Hopkins School of Education, Center for Technology in Education Ready for Kindergarten Ohio’s Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System (EC-CAS)
Ready for Kindergarten Ready for Kindergarten Online Ohio’s Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System (EC-CAS) Supports Assessments
KRA Census Administration Year 1 KRA Pilot Testing KRA Field Test KRA Field Test Training KRA VPA Pilot Test Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System (EC-CAS) What’s been happening … Late Summer/Early Fall 2013 Winter/ Spring 2013 November/ December 2013 April 2014 Fall 2014
Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) • Why it’s important – • Supports growing knowledge and research about the variability of young children’s growth, development, and learning • Provides insight into children’s readiness for kindergarten • Identifies children’s performance across multiple domains and aligns with best practice for assessing young children • Inform prior early learning and development to ensure that children are entering Kindergarten ready to learn
Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) Social Foundations Science Language & Literacy Social Studies Physical well-being & Motor Development Mathematics
KRA Domain: Social Foundations • Social and emotional development • Approaches toward learning • Executive functioning
KRA Domain: Language and Literacy • Reading • Writing • Language • Speaking and listening
KRA Domain: Mathematics • Counting & Cardinality • Operations & Algebraic Thinking • Measurement & Data • Geometry
KRA Domain: Science • Life science • skills • processes
KRA Domain: Social Studies • Rules • Responsible behavior • Past, present & future
KRA Domain: Physical Well-being and Motor Development • Physical education • Health
NAEYC Quote Kindergarten can shape a child’s overall outlook on and engagement in lifelong learning.