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{"Image DocumentName": "What is and what isn\u2019t Oregon\u2019s Kindergarten Assessment", "Image ImageDescription": "What it IS. What it is NOT. It is a quick assessment of students\u2019 selected skills in Early Literacy, Early Math, and Approaches to Learning. It is designed to measure what students know when they enter kindergarten. It is used to help the state, districts, schools, and early learning providers target resources where they are needed most. It is a consistent tool, used across the state. It is not used to determine if students are ready (or not) for kindergarten. It is not a placement test. It is not a comprehensive assessment of all of students\u2019 knowledge and skills. It is not designed to measure what students learn in kindergarten will be the third year of statewide administration of Oregon\u2019s Kindergarten Assessment. Before we move forward with this training, it is important to distinguish what the Oregon Kindergarten Assessment is intended to do and what it is not intended to do. For the Kindergarten Assessment, children cannot pass or fail, there is no cut score. The Kindergarten Assessment is not designed to provide comprehensive information about what an individual child knows and can do, it is designed to be used to provide a quick snap shot of selected skills of groups of children. That\u2019s why the Kindergarten Assessment is so different from other state assessments and that\u2019s part of why we are speaking with you today. At the state level, we look at the data from the Kindergarten Assessment: For all of Oregon\u2019s kindergarteners to see if there are differences in scores from year to year. By looking at the data from year to year, we can determine if the state\u2019s investments in early childhood education are paying off. For groups of kindergarteners to see if there are differences in scores by county, school, or district. By looking at the geographic data, we can determine which areas would benefit from additional state resources in early childhood education. For groups of kindergarteners to see if there are differences in scores by students\u2019 background characteristics like their race/ethnicity, gender, or first language to identify opportunity gaps early. Again, this information is used to help the state decide where to invest in early childhood education. At the school or district level, the data from the kindergarten assessment can be used to determine: If there are schools or classrooms in a district that would benefit from district resources for teachers, like professional development. If there are groups of students in schools or classrooms that would benefit from additional resources for students, such as summer school or other interventions. How to reach out to parents and start conversations about students as they enter kindergarten. How to start conversations with early childhood providers in order to create better alignment between the preschool and K-12 systems. Again, these scores are NOT used to: Determine if an individual child or groups of children are ready or not for kindergarten. Young children develop at different rates and students cannot pass or fail the Kindergarten Assessment. Make placement decisions about students. Kindergarten teachers and schools use many tools to determine the best instruction for each student. The KA is not a comprehensive assessment of all of a student\u2019s knowledge and skills. Because the Kindergarten Assessment provides a quick snap shot of students, the scores should NOT be used to determine if a student should be placed in programs such as Special Education or English Language Development. This is because this assessment isn\u2019t designed to measure a child\u2019s readiness for kindergarten, it is designed to measure how ready our system is for the children.", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}