Professional Development and Technology by Johns Hopkins School of Education, Center for Technology in Education Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) 1.5 Administration (2015)

Ready for Kindergarten Online: Rollout Timeline for KRA 1.5 June: Internal Quality Assurance Testing Mid-July: User Acceptance Testing by stakeholders August 1: Ready for Kindergarten Online and KRA App available August 17 – November 1: MD KRA 1.5 assessment window August 1 – November 1: OH KRA 1.5 assessment window Mid-November: Individual student reports and parent reports available November 1 – December 1: Post-assessment window for data managers to update student demographic & prior-care information Johns Hopkins School of Education, Center for Technology in Education

Ready for Kindergarten: KRA - What’s New for 2015 KRA 1.5 System available beginning of August for training & data loading Improved data manager functionality Unique state student ID required KRA app expanded to Android devices More items available on the KRA app (17 total) Fewer overall KRA items Dashboard access to assessment results for teachers ISR and parent reports available in November 24/7 technical support for teachers & data managers (phone & ) Johns Hopkins School of Education, Center for Technology in Education

KRA 1.5 Launch: Key Information Ready for Kindergarten Online System available August 1 Load teacher data in preparation for local trainings (early August) Load student and enrollment data ASAP in relation to when school begins and when the assessment window opens Important to keep teacher, student, and enrollment up-to-date KRA App Districts will need to uninstall previous versions of KRA app Fall 2015 KRA app available for install on August 1 Johns Hopkins School of Education, Center for Technology in Education

KRA Data Manager Guidelines Website Data templates Guidelines FAQs Technical support information Johns Hopkins School of Education, Center for Technology in Education