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ERIC Number: ED594322
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jan
Pages: 167
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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Ready for Kindergarten: Maryland's Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System. The 2018-2019 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Technical Report
Maryland State Department of Education
Based on the 2018-2019 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) results, nearly half (47%) of all entering kindergarten children in Maryland displayed the foundational skills indicating they are fully ready for kindergarten. A third (33%) are approaching readiness. Twenty percent of children are assessed with emerging readiness skills. The school readiness results for the 2018-2019 school year show a continued increase from the administration of the KRA in 2017-2018 with 45 percent being assessed as fully ready. This technical report presents information on: (1) School Readiness Results for School Year 2018-19; (2) New KRA Legislation and Weighting; (3) Weighting for State Level Results; (4) Local School Systems Administrating KRA on all Students (Census Administration) versus Representative Sampling; (5) School Readiness Based on Demographic Categories; (6) Reporting and Interpreting of KRA results; (7) What the KRA Results Represent; (8) Availability of the 2018-19 School Readiness Report; (9) Background of Maryland's School Readiness Initiative; (10) Maryland's Assessment System of Measuring School Readiness; (11) Alignment of KRA Standards with the Maryland College and Career-Ready Standards; (12) KRA Item Types; (13) Administration of the KRA; (14) Use of Data and Accountability; (15) Accessibility for Special Populations; (16) Teacher Professional Development; (17) Validity and Reliability Data; (18) Measurement of the Internal Consistency of the KRA--Cronbach's Alpha; (19) KRA Item Reduction and Standard Setting; and (20) Standard Setting Validation. [For the 2017-2018 report, see ED589991.]
Maryland State Department of Education. 200 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Tel: 410-767-0600; Web site: http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/Pages/default.aspx
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Maryland State Department of Education
Identifiers - Location: Maryland
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