Ready for Kindergarten: Maryland's Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System. The 2018-2019 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Technical Report

Institution	Maryland State Department of Education
Titel	Ready for Kindergarten: Maryland's Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System. The 2018-2019 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Technical Report
Quelle	(2019), (167 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; Students with Disabilities; English Language Learners; Low Income Students; Child Care Centers; Preschools; Language Skills; Literacy; Mathematics Skills; Interpersonal Competence; Well Being; Psychomotor Skills; Achievement Gap; Counties; Pacific Islanders; Multiracial Persons; Preschool Education; State Legislation; School Districts; Accountability; Faculty Development; State Standards; Data Analysis; Validity; Reliability; 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; Disability; Disabilities; Behinderung; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; Mischling; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Landesrecht; School district; Schulbezirk; Verantwortung; Auswertung; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität
Abstract	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.] (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