Kindergarten Entry Assessments (KEAs) within a K-2 Assessment System. Policy Brief

Autor/inn/en	Weisenfeld, G. G.; Hodges, Katherine; Garver, Karin
Institution	National Institute for Early Education Research; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Graduate School of Education
Titel	Kindergarten Entry Assessments (KEAs) within a K-2 Assessment System. Policy Brief
Quelle	(2020), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Kindergarten; School Readiness; Screening Tests; Student Evaluation; State Standards; Primary Education; State Policy; Iowa; North Carolina; Georgia; Louisiana; Montana; Nevada; Pennsylvania; Texas; Florida; Illinois; Maryland; New Jersey; New York; Tennessee; Vermont; California; Washington; Arizona + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Screening-Verfahren; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Primarbereich; Kalifornien
Abstract	In most states kindergarten entry assessments (KEA) are employed primarily to inform parents and teachers. KEAs can serve as a key indicator of child development at formal school entry to inform education, but also could serve as a baseline for assessing progress in the early grades. However, their usefulness for this purpose is limited because KEAs tend to be separate assessments that are neither integrated nor aligned with other state-required K-2 assessments. Recently, the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) was asked by a state's Deputy Commissioner if there are any states using a consistent tool across the early learning grades. The Governor's office is seeking to have a more comprehensive approach to assessment across the early childhood band that goes beyond "academic" areas such as reading and math but also includes social emotional, physical, and soft skills. In this brief, the authors examine the assessment tools used in kindergarten through 2nd grade and their content. Next steps will be to examine how data collected from these assessments are used as well as how pre-K child assessments align with state KEAs. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Institute for Early Education Research. Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, 73 Easton Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Tel: 848-932-4350; Fax: 732-932-4360; e-mail: info@nieer.org; Web site: https://nieer.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01