Kindergarten ScreeningProcess &

DataSchool 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 & SpringCKSD Kindergarten Screening

2003-4 Numbers Counted to 100

0

10

20

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60

70

80

90

100

BR CC CO CV EH EM GM J P PI SE SI SR TR WO Total

Fall

Spring

Letter Sounds Fall & Spring

CKSD Kindergarten Screening 2003-4

# of Letter Sounds

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

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16

18

20

22

24

26

BR CC CO CV EH EM GM J P PI SE SI SR TR WO Total

Fall

Spring

Segmenting All SoundsCKSD Kindergarten Screening

2003-4 Phonemic Awareness

Segmenting All Sounds

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

BR CC CO CV EH EM GM J P PI SE SI SR TR WO Total

Fall

Spring

Basic Words Fall & SpringCKSD Kindergarten Screening

2003-4 Word RecognitionBasic Words (18)

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

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16

18

BR CC CO CV EH EM GM J P PI SE SI SR TR WO Total

Fall

Spring

Some Sight WordsCKSD Kindergarten Screening Fall 2003 & Spring 2004 Sight Words

Frequency of Word IdentificationDistrict

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

A

is

I

see

like

Per cent

Fall

Spring

Next steps

• Share 03-04 data with K teachers• K teachers meet to discuss

consistent scoring of teacher-graded items

• Alignment of K screening tool with GLEs