Entry Assessment Michigan Department of Education Bureau of Assessment and Accountability Kindergarten Entry Assessment Purpose To provide teachers and parents with important criterionbased information about a childs learning and development in five domains at the beginning of kinderg ID: 257395
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Kindergarten Entry Assessment
Michigan Department of Education
Bureau of
Assessment and Accountability Slide2
Kindergarten Entry Assessment
Purpose
To provide teachers and parents with important criterion-based information about a child’s learning and development in five domains at the beginning of kindergarten.Slide3
Kindergarten Entry Assessment
Five
Domains
Mathematics
Language and Literacy
Approaches Toward Learning
Social and Emotional Development
Physical Well-Being and Motor DevelopmentSlide4
Kindergarten Entry Assessment
Integration with existing state P-20 longitudinal data system
Professional development for trainers, schools,
and kindergarten
teachers
Outreach and education for parents and familiesSlide5
Kindergarten Entry Assessment
Developmental Profile
Observational data is collected by the kindergarten teacher.
Student profiles are completed online by the kindergarten teacher.
Student profiles include scores for each domain.
Student profile data can be used to inform instruction for each kindergarten student.Slide6
Kindergarten Entry Assessment
KEA Request for Proposals was issued March 22, 2013
Teaching Strategies GOLD online was chosen as the pilot assessmentSlide7
Kindergarten Entry Assessment
Phase I Summer 2013
Small Pilot for systems testing
Phase II Fall 2013
Pilot of assessment without customization
12-20% of schools
Phase III Fall 2014
Field test customized assessment
25-40% of schools
Phase IV Fall 2015
Statewide implementation (optional)Slide8
Interested in piloting the KEA Fall 2013?
Interest Survey for Pilot Testing Fall 2013 is now available.
The KEA
pilot
interest survey has been distributed
widely through
listservs
and is posted on the BAA website.
Contact Jeff Beal (
bealj1@Michigan.gov
) if you would like
an interest survey sent
directly to
you.Slide9
Contact Information
Jeff Beal
Kindergarten Entry Assessment Consultant
Bureau of Assessment and Accountability
Michigan Department of Education
BealJ1@michigan.gov
517-335-0433