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Vohra, Divya; Rowan, Patricia; Hotchkiss, John; Lim, Kenneth; Lansdale, Aimee; O'Neil, So – Mathematica, 2021
In the 2020-2021 school year, many schools and districts around the country implemented routine COVID-19 testing to proactively detect cases among teachers, students, and staff and stop the spread of the virus. Such testing made it possible for many communities to gain the needed support from teachers and parents to reopen schools and resume…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Districts, Educational Environment
James, Syretta R.; Liu, Shihching Jessica; Maina, Nyambura; Wade, Julie; Wang, Helen; Wilson, Heather; Wolanin, Natalie – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2021
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to overwhelm the functioning and outcomes of educational systems throughout the nation. The public education system is under particular scrutiny given that students, families, and educators are under considerable stress to maintain academic progress. Since the beginning of the crisis, school-systems…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, COVID-19, Pandemics, Public Schools
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Bowdon, Jill; Dahlke, Katie; Yang, Rui; Pan, Jingtong; Marcus, Jill; Lemieux, Camille – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2019
At least half of states administer or are developing kindergarten entry assessments. In fall 2017 the Illinois State Board of Education began requiring teachers to report data on every child's skills at kindergarten entry using the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey. State and local stakeholders have asked for more information on the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Public Schools, Test Validity
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Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2019
These are the appendixes for the report "Children's Knowledge and Skills at Kindergarten Entry in Illinois: Results from the First Statewide Administration of the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey." At least half of states administer or are developing kindergarten entry assessments. In fall 2017 the Illinois State Board of…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Public Schools, Test Validity
Irvin, P. Shawn; Pilger, Marissa; Sáez, Leilani; Alonzo, Julie – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2016
Identifying and measuring indicators of learning difficulties among young children and implementing effective instructional approaches are complicated, particularly during the transition to kindergarten. Purposeful school-based transition policies and practices support teacher and school decision-making and, thus, can ease the…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Surveys, Prevention, Screening Tests
Utah State Office of Education, 2012
Utah has successfully implemented a variety of endeavors to ensure literacy for all students. Proficiency rates in language arts in Utah have improved in all grade levels since 2005. Emphasis has been placed on grades K-3 and early intervention for students at risk. Resources available to these students include optional extended-day kindergarten,…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Early Intervention
Lai, Cheng-Fei; Nese, Joseph F. T.; Jamgochian, Elisa M.; Alonzo, Julie; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2010
In this technical report, we provide the results of a series of studies on the technical adequacy of the early reading measures available on the easyCBM[R] assessment system. The results from the two-level hierarchical linear growth model analyses suggest that the reliability of the slope estimates for the easyCBM[R] reading measures are strong,…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Grade 1, Early Reading, Reading Tests
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Tourangeau, Karen; Brick, Mike; Le, Thanh; Wan, Siu; Weant, Margaret; Nord, Christine; Vaden-Kiernan, Nancy; Hagedorn, Mary; Bissett, Elizabeth; Dulaney, Richard; Fowler, Jean; Pollack, Judith; Rock, Donald; Weiss, Michael J.; Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Hausken, Elvira Germino; West, Jerry; Rathbun, Amy; Walston, Jill – National Center for Education Statistics, 2004
This document highlights key information needed to work with the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 (ECLS-K) data and points the reader to the appropriate sections of the User's Manual so that they can get started quickly. To read more about any particular topic, the reader should go to the indicated section of the…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 3, Student Records, Kindergarten
Alonzo, Julie; Tindal, Gerald – Behavioral Research and Teaching, 2009
In this technical report, we describe the development and piloting of a series of mathematics progress monitoring measures intended for use with students in kindergarten. These measures, available as part of easyCBM[TM], an online progress monitoring assessment system, were developed in 2008 and administered to approximately 2800 students from…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, General Education, Response to Intervention, Access to Education
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Carlson, Elaine; Daley, Tamara; Bitterman, Amy; Heinzen, Harriotte; Keller, Brad; Markowitz, Joy; Riley, Jarnee – National Center for Special Education Research, 2009
The Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS), funded by the U.S. Department of Education, is examining the characteristics of children receiving preschool special education, the services they receive, their transitions across educational levels, and their performance over time on assessments of academic and adaptive skills. PEELS…
Descriptors: Testing Accommodations, Family Income, Social Behavior, Disabilities