Sentences with phrase «assessments at kindergarten entry»
METHODS: Analysis of 6600 children with cognitive assessments at kindergarten entry from the US Early Childhood Longitudinal Birth Cohort Study.
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Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) is an assessment given to children shortly after arrival at kindergarten to help tailor instruction towards closing the school readKindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) is an assessment given to children shortly after arrival at kindergarten to help tailor instruction towards closing the school readkindergarten to help tailor instruction towards closing the school readiness gap.22
Approximately 10700 US children born in 2001 were followed through data collection visits at 9 months, 2 years, preschool, and kindergarten entry, at which times data were collected via interview, questionnaire, and structured developmental or physical assessments.
Children and their families will participate in assessments at four time points: spring prior to kindergarten, immediately prior to kindergarten entry, kindergarten fall, and kindergarten spring; 160 of the children will also be assessed in the spring of first grade.
Similarly, her recent study of the use of kindergarten entry assessments generated important insights into the conditions and supports necessary for these assessments to be effective at improving student learning; these findings are helping the U.S. Department of Education to provide better technical assistance and states to develop and refine their own kindergarten entry assessment processes.