SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | Dr. Linda Del Giudice Dr. Razak Garoui Dr. Andrea Meld Ms. Rona Popp Accountability Division Assessment Office, Kent School District March 26, 2014 Kent School District and State Results Fall 2013

SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | KENT SCHOOL DISTRICT SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SLIDE 2 Kent School District SE 256 th Street Kent, WA Board of Directors Debbie Straus, Board President Karen DeBruler, Board Vice President Agda Burchard, Board Legislative Representative Russ Hanscom, Board Director Maya Vengadasalam, Board Director Superintendent Dr. Edward Lee Vargas

SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | What is WaKIDS? The Washington Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (WaKIDS) is a transition process that helps to ensure a successful start to the K-12 experience and connect the key adults in a child’s life. Three Components:  Family connection welcomes families into the Washington K- 12 system as partners in their child’s education.  Whole-child assessment gives kindergarten teachers information about the social/emotional, physical, cognitive, language, literacy and mathematics development of the children in their classrooms, so they may tailor their instruction to the individual needs of each child.  Early learning collaboration aligns practices of early learning professionals and kindergarten teachers to support smooth transitions for children. SLIDE 3

SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | Why WaKIDS? WaKIDS is a process that can help:  Students and their families transition to kindergarten  Inform instruction  Build collaboration across early learning and K–12 sectors (in part, through common assessments and discussion of data)  Inform school, district and state policy RESOURCES: WaKIDS video: WaKIDS news (November 2013) What is WaKIDS? Family Brochure SLIDE 4

SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | How WaKIDS (TS GOLD) differs from other assessments Teaching Strategies GOLD®Other State Assessments (MSP, HSPE, EOC) Measures development and learning evident at beginning of school year Measures knowledge and skills evident at end of school year or course ObservationalMultiple-choice or open-ended response Assesses whole childAssesses knowledge and skills in specific academic content areas Conducted while children are engaged in learning activities (curriculum-embedded) Conducted as a separate testing activity Reports are immediately accessible to teacher/school after data is finalized Lag time before teacher receives student data SLIDE 5

SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | WaKIDS – Areas and Dimensions SLIDE 6

SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | DISTRICT AND STATE LEVEL RESULTS SLIDE 7 A total of twelve elementary schools in the Kent School District (KSD) have been selected to participate in full-day kindergarten and the WaKIDS program for the school year. Cedar Valley, Daniel, Kent, Meadow Ridge, Park Orchard, and Scenic Hill elementary schools participated in WaKIDS for a second year. East Hill, Millennium, Neely-O’Brien, Panther Lake, Pine Tree, and Springbrook started WaKIDS fall 2013.

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SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | Percent of KSD WaKIDS kindergarten students showing widely expected skill levels in Literacy SLIDE 16

SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | SLIDE 17 Percent of KSD WaKIDS kindergarten students showing widely expected skill levels in Language and Cognitive Domains

SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | Percent of KSD WaKIDS kindergarten students showing widely expected skill levels in Math Skills SLIDE 18

SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | SLIDE 19 Slicing data by School and Demographics

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SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | NEXT STEPS SLIDE 23 Continue to support internal training with Pre-K teachers administering the WaKIDS Assessment. Continue to track and support the Pre-K teachers to complete the Inter Rater Reliability test for fidelity of administering the WaKIDS assessment. Continue to support the purchasing of iPads and training of Pre-K teachers as a tool for the state app to collect WaKIDS student data. Provide additional opportunities for administration leads and Principals to attend WaKIDS overview and training.

SUCCESSFULLY PREPARING ALL STUDENTS FOR THEIR FUTURES SE 256 TH STREET, KENT, WA | Support the full WaKIDS state reimbursement of 3 days per calendar year to complete assessment as recommended by the state. Extend the opportunity for all schoolwide Title buildings to use WaKIDS assessment in Pre-K programs. Support the option for buildings to use WaKIDS two times a year, fall and winter, and use this assessment in the spring for students below benchmark targets. Use the WaKIDS data for progress monitoring students and reporting to parents. Goal Setting form will not be required if WaKIDS is used. Questions? SLIDE 24