Kindergarten Screening Process & Data School Board Presentation October 13, 2004
The Assessment Colors Counting Number & letter recognition Sight words Shapes Patterns Phonemic Awareness Concepts of Print A B C cat / sat 1,2,3…
Teacher-graded Items Writes numerals Color & cut sample Name sample
The cadre Two teams of 5 paraeducators Visit 1-2 sites/ day; more on “catch-up” days Screen each Kindergarten student individually Each test takes approximately 25 minutes
The data Helps teachers assess student progress and needs Helps district identify building needs Dispels myths about performance discrepancies among sites
Counting to 100 Fall & Spring
Letter Sounds Fall & Spring
Segmenting All Sounds
Basic Words Fall & Spring
Some Sight Words
Next steps Share data with K teachers K teachers meet to discuss consistent scoring of teacher- graded items Alignment of K screening tool with GLEs