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Download full textHannah E. Luce; Kristin M. Villanueva – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2023
This grounded theory study seeks to 1) understand what barriers North Carolina kindergarten teachers experience as they implement a new authentic formative assessment, the North Carolina Early Learning Inventory (NC ELI), and 2) identify factors that increase implementation fidelity with the new measure. Data were collected from 10 teachers, from…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Fidelity, Teaching Methods, Grounded Theory
Ferrara, Angela M.; Lambert, Richard G.; Holcomb, T. Scott – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2020
This report contains information on the background of and research on the North Carolina Kindergarten Entry Assessments (NC KEA). Evidence shows that implementing formative assessment is difficult for teachers and schools. Given that North Carolina will be adopting a new KEA measure for the fall of 2020, this report summarizes previous research on…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, State Programs, Formative Evaluation, Kindergarten
Holcomb, T. Scott; Li, Zhi; Ferrara, Angela M.; Lambert, Richard G. – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2020
This study gathered information from practitioners on their perspectives of experiences implementing the North Carolina Kindergarten Entry Assessment (NC KEA). Initially, practitioners were invited to complete an online survey asking them to rate or provide information about several aspects related to implementing the assessment process. In total,…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Program Implementation, Primary Education, Formative Evaluation
Ferrara, Angela M.; Lin, Van-Kim; Lambert, Richard G. – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2017
The 2016-2017 academic year marks the second year of statewide implementation of the North Carolina K-3 Formative Assessment Process: Kindergarten Entry Assessment (FAPKEA). The assessment, developed and implemented by the Office of Early Learning (OEL) at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, is a comprehensive formative assessment…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Program Implementation, Primary Education, Formative Evaluation
Lambert, Richard – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2022
Each game within the Ignite by Hatch™ gaming environment belongs to an overall developmental domain and skills-based subdomain and is intended to meet the developmental needs of children at specific skill levels. These skill levels (Beginning, Emerging, Intermediate, Accomplishing, and Proficient+) form an intended developmental pathway. Children…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Computer Games
Ferrara, Angela M.; Lambert, Richard G. – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2016
The North Carolina K-3 Formative Assessment Process: Kindergarten Entry Assessment (NC K-3 FAP: KEA) is the initial step in the development of a comprehensive formative assessment process for young children from kindergarten entry through the end of third grade. The purpose of this qualitative study was to gather teacher and administrator feedback…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Program Implementation, Primary Education, Formative Evaluation
Lambert, Richard G. – Center for Educational Measurement and Evaluation, 2018
This report contains reliability and validity evidence for the North Carolina Kindergarten Entry Assessment system (KEA) using a statewide sample of kindergarten children. The KEA was designed as a formative, developmental, authentic, and criterion referenced classroom resource for teachers. As a formative assessment, the KEA focuses on the…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Formative Evaluation
