Ready for Kindergarten: Maryland's Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System. The 2017-2018 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Technical Report

Institution	Maryland State Department of Education
Titel	Ready for Kindergarten: Maryland's Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System. The 2017-2018 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Technical Report
Quelle	(2018), (200 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Kindergarten; School Readiness; Academic Standards; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Asian American Students; White Students; American Indian Students; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Disabilities; English Language Learners; Low Income Students; Child Care Centers; Nursery Schools; Language Skills; Literacy; Mathematics; Interpersonal Competence; Well Being; Psychomotor Skills; Achievement Gap; Counties; Pacific Islanders; Multiracial Persons; Preschool Education; State Legislation; School Districts; Data Analysis; Accountability; Faculty Development; Validity; Reliability; Test Items; Standard Setting; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Asian immigrant; United States; Student; Students; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Handicap; Behinderung; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Nursery school; Kindertagesstätte; Kindergarten; Vorschule; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Mathematik; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Mischling; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Landesrecht; School district; Schulbezirk; Auswertung; Verantwortung; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Test content; Testaufgabe; Standardisierung
Abstract	Based on Maryland's 2017-2018 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) results, nearly half of all entering kindergarten children show foundational skills indicating they are fully ready for kindergarten, more than a third are approaching readiness, and 18% have emerging readiness skills. Results for the 2017-2018 school year show a slight increase from the administration of the KRA in 2016-2017. This technical report presents information on: (1) School Readiness Results for School Year 2017-2018; (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 2017-2018 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 "Readiness Matters: Equity Matters. 2017-2018 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Report" see ED589988.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	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
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01