Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Results
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Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Results Carey M. Wright, Ed.D. State Superintendent of Education November 2019 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Results: November 2019 A Joint Publication Office of Accountability • Dr. Paula Vanderford, Chief Accountability Officer • Dr. Jackie Sampsell, State Assessment Director • Melissa Beck, K-3 Assessment Coordinator Office of Academic Education • Dr. Nathan Oakley, Chief Academic Officer • Dr. Tenette Smith, Executive Director of Elementary Education and Reading • Dr. Jill Dent, Early Childhood Director • Kristen Wells, State Literacy Director (K-12) • Laurie Weathersby, Director or Student Intervention Services For questions related to the administration of the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment please contact: Melissa Beck, K-3 Assessment Coordinator Office of Student Assessment [email protected] The Mississippi State Board of Education, the Mississippi Department of Education, the Mississippi School for the Arts, the Mississippi School for the Blind, the Mississippi School for the Deaf, and the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, national origin, age, or disability in the provision of educational programs and services or employment opportunities and benefits. The following office has been designated to handle inquiries and complaints regarding the non-discrimination policies of the above-mentioned entities: Director, Office of Human Resources Mississippi Department of Education 359 North West Street Suite 203 Jackson, Mississippi 39201 (601) 359-3511 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Student Assessment Page 2 of 21 Scale Score Explanation and Kindergarten Readiness Performance Levels The Kindergarten Readiness Assessment will provide parents, teachers, and early childhood providers with a common understanding of what children know and are able to do upon entering school. The primary purpose of the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment is to improve the quality of classroom instruction and other services provided to students from birth to 3rd grade. STAR Early Literacy developed by Renaissance Learning, Inc. is the assessment administered to provide educators with this information. 530 Cut Score Explanation Seventy percent mastery of knowledge and skills in early literacy and numeracy at the beginning of kindergarten was selected as the level of mastery for the kindergarten readiness benchmark. Data shows it provides both a measurable distinction between Pre-K and kindergarten skills on STAR Early Literacy and a strong prediction of proficiency as measured by STAR Reading in Grade 3. The minimum beginning-of-year kindergarten scale score associated with 70% mastery is 530. This score was identified to be the beginning-of-year kindergarten readiness benchmark (Renaissance Learning 2014). Based on extensive research, 85% of students scoring 530 or higher at the beginning of kindergarten are proficient in reading at the end of grade 3. A spring scale score of 681 places students on a trajectory to meet end of grade 3 reading expectations. For more information on reading proficiency indicators based on Renaissance assessments, please visit https://resources.renlearnrp.com/us/learningprogressions/g3readingindcpr.pdf. STAR Early Literacy Achievement Standards Scale Performance Score Descriptors Level Range Student is beginning to understand that printed text has meaning. Early The student is learning that reading involves printed words and Emergent 300-487 sentences, and that print flows from left to right and from the top Reader to the bottom of the page. The student is also beginning to identify colors, shapes, numbers, and letters. Student can identify most of the letters of the alphabet and can match most of the letters to their sounds. The student is also Late Emergent 488-674 beginning to “read” picture books and familiar words around the Reader home. Through repeated reading of favorite books with an adult, students at this stage are building their vocabularies, listening skills, and understandings of print. Student has mastered alphabet skills and letter-sound relationships. The student can identify many beginning and Transitional 675-774 ending consonant sounds and long and short vowel sounds, and is Reader probably able to blend sounds and word parts to read simple words. The student is also likely using a variety of strategies to figure out words, such as pictures, story patterns, and phonics. Student is becoming proficient at recognizing many words, both in and out of context. The student spends less time identifying Probable 775-900 and sounding out words, and more time understanding what was Reader read. Probable readers can blend sounds and word parts to read words and sentences more quickly, smoothly, and independently than students in the other stages of development. Mississippi Department of Education Office of Student Assessment Page 3 of 21 Kindergarten Readiness: Summary Results Table 1. Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Results Aggregate Scale Score Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Analysis K-Readiness Benchmark 530 530 530 Score State Scale Score (Average) 503 501 502 Students Scoring At or 36.91% 36.13% 36.56% Above 530 Students Scoring Below 530 63.09% 63.87% 63.44% Total Test-Takers 100% 100% 100% Table 2. State Level Results Classification Level Fall 2017 Fall 2018 Fall 2019 Early Emergent 17,149 47.44% 17,013 48.00% 16,879 48.01% Late Emergent 16,846 46.60% 16,377 46.21% 16,167 45.98% Transitional Reader 1,845 5.10% 1,738 4.90% 1,752 4.98% Probable Reader 311 <1% 313 <1% 362 1.03% Total Test-Takers 36,151 100% 35,441 100% 35,160 100% Table 3. District Level Results Classification Level Number of Districts Number of Districts Number of Districts (Fall 2017) (Fall 2018) (Fall 2019) Early Emergent Reader 43 49 42 Late Emergent Reader 79 76 85 (Below 530) Late Emergent Reader 20 16 14 (At or Above 530) Transitional Reader 0 0 0 Probable Reader 0 0 0 Total Districts 142 141 141 Table 4. School Level Results Classification Level Number of Schools Number of Schools Number of Schools (Fall 2017) (Fall 2018) (Fall 2019) Early Emergent Reader 133 146 125 Late Emergent Reader 212 198 210 (Below 530) Late Emergent Reader 72 59 62 (At or Above 530) Transitional Reader 0 0 0 Probable Reader 0 0 0 Total Schools 417Δ 403 Δ 397 Δ ΔSchool Total reflects suppressed data for Akin Elementary (2017), Trigg Elementary (2018), Threadgill Elementary (2018), and Ray Brooks Elementary (2019) as the minimum n-count was not met in these schools. NOTE: District and School Level Results do not include School 500 (Non-Public Special Education School). Students enrolled as School 500 are provided special education services by the district (Head Start, Private School, Home School, etc.) but are not enrolled in a regular public school. Mississippi Department of Education Office of Student Assessment Page 4 of 21 Table 5. District Scale Score Average * Indicates suppressed data; minimum n-count not met. Scale Score District Test-Takers Average Aberdeen School District 507 99 Alcorn County School District 524 252 Ambition Preparatory Charter School District 507 72 Amite County School District 523 74 Amory School District 508 128 Attala County School District 565 62 Baldwyn School District 482 76 Bay St. Louis-Waveland School District 477 148 Benton County School District 497 89 Biloxi Public School District 517 519 Booneville School District 505 116 Brookhaven School District 506 226 Calhoun County School District 510 197 Canton Public School District 506 260 Carroll County School District 479 59 Chickasaw County School District 493 45 Choctaw County School District 521 106 Claiborne County School District 489 99 Clarksdale Collegiate Public Charter School District 538 69 Clarksdale Municipal School District 520 180 Cleveland School District 520 229 Clinton Public School District 524 357 Coahoma County School District 525 82 Coffeeville School District 517 20 Columbia School District 502 144 Columbus Municipal School District 512 283 Copiah County School District 490 193 Corinth School District 542 200 Covington County School District 486 251 DeSoto County School District 502 2,494 East Jasper School District 531 64 East Tallahatchie School District 501 94 Enterprise School District 540 60 Forest Municipal School District 420 170 Forrest County School 474 207 Franklin County School District 516 96 George County School District 489 337 Greene County School District 502 134 Greenville Public School District 497 326 Greenwood-Leflore Consolidated School District 520 328 Grenada School District 533 348 Gulfport School District 486 542 Hancock County School District 486 340 Mississippi Department of Education Office of Student Assessment Page 5 of 21 Scale Score District Test-Takers Average Harrison County School District 511 1,084 Hattiesburg Public School District 516 351 Hazlehurst Public School District 465 124 Hinds County School District 515 362 Hollandale School District 521 40 Holly Springs School District 500 83 Holmes County School District 469 183 Houston School District 476 138 Humphreys County School District 507 86 Itawamba County School District 487 286 Jackson County School District 502 627 Jackson Public School District 494 1,651 Jefferson County School District 477 74 Jefferson Davis County School District 518 100 Joel E. Smilow Collegiate District 522 114 Jones County School District 505 740 Kemper County School District 485 64 Kosciusko School District 526 151 Lafayette County School District 513