Kindergarten Readiness Assessment 2019 -2020 Results
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Division of Research, Accountability, and Assessment
Kindergarten Readiness Assessment 2019-2020 Results
Introduction and Background Information In December of 2011, the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) was awarded Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge grants. In conjunction with three partners, MSDE developed a comprehensive assessment system that includes the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA). The assessment was designed for students entering kindergarten to measure a student’s readiness across multiple domains.
The KRA uses multiple item types, including selected response and performance tasks to measure specific skills and behaviors to determine what students entering kindergarten know and can do across four domains. It measures a student’s ability to:
• Express, understand, and respond to feelings of self and others; follow routines and multi- step directions; share materials and equipment with others; delay gratification for short periods of time. (Social Foundations) • Listen; ask and answer questions; identify, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words; recognize rhyming words, expressing thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly; participate in conversations with peers and adults; print letters of name; describing persons, animals, places, events, actions, etc. (Language and Literacy) • Count to 20; name written numbers and pair them with concrete objects; sort multiple groups by a single attribute, compare and describe two objects with a measurable attribute; order objects by a measurable attribute; match like shapes; name two-dimensional shapes. (Mathematics) • Use large muscles to perform a variety of physical skills; demonstrate physical skills with control, coordination, and balance; identify and follow basic safety rules; independently complete personal care tasks; use classroom and household tools independently with eye-hand coordination. (Physical Well-Being and Motor Development)
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Division of Research, Accountability, and Assessment Through a standard setting process, three performance levels for reporting student readiness were developed. A student’s performance level on a test indicates how ready a student is for kindergarten. Student results are reported by scale score (202-298) and performance level. The three performance levels are as follows:
Performance Level Name Performance Level Description Scale Score Range Student demonstrates foundational skills and behaviors that prepare Demonstrating Readiness [him/her] for curriculum based on 270-298 Maryland College and Career- Ready kindergarten standards. Student demonstrates some foundational skills and behaviors that prepare the student for Approaching Readiness 258-269 curriculum based on Maryland College and Career-Ready kindergarten standards. Student demonstrates limited foundational skills and behaviors that prepare the student for Emerging Readiness 202-257 curriculum based on Maryland College and Career-Ready kindergarten standards.
Children whose readiness skills and behaviors are “approaching and/or emerging” require differentiated instructional support to be successful in kindergarten and beyond.
In Baltimore County, the assessment is administered between the first day of school and mid-October. The KRA is administered to a random sample of students that are identified by MSDE. The sample size is determined to ensure that data accurately represent the demographics of kindergarten enrollment. MSDE selected 1,656 students in BCPS to participate in the KRA in the fall of 2019. Of these students, 1,632 completed the assessment. In addition, four BCPS elementary schools administered the assessment to all their kindergarten students. Results for these four schools are shown in Appendix A.
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Data Summary Figure 1 provides the demographic breakdown by race of the students selected by MSDE to participate in 2019 KRA testing.
Figure 1: MSDE KRA sample to BCPS September 30 Enrollment by Race(Data Table for Figure 1)
MSDE KRA SAMPLE BY RACE BCPS SEPTEMBER 30 ENROLLMENT BY RACE American Indian/AK American Native Asian Indian/AK 0.8% 8.4% Native Asian 0.6% 7.8% White 40.3% Black White 30.4% 36.9%
Black 34.7% Pacific Pacific Islander Islander Multiple Hispanic/ 0.1% 0.1% Races Latino Multiple Hispanic/ 6.0% Races 13.9% Latino 6.1% 13.8%
• The sample of students MSDE selected closely mirrors the demographics of BCPS kindergarten students except for White students and Black students. • Within the MSDE sample, White students are overrepresented while Black students were underrepresented.
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Division of Research, Accountability, and Assessment Figure 2 provides the demographic breakdown of the students selected by MSDE to participate in 2019 KRA testing by student service group.
Figure 2: Comparison of MSDE KRA sample to BCPS September 30 Enrollment by Student Service Group(Data Table For Figure 2)
MSDE KRA Sample by Student BCPS September 30 Enrollment Service Group by Student Service Group
100 100
80 80 56.5 53.6 60 60 87.6 87.7 87.9 89.0
40 40
20 43.5 20 46.4
12.4 12.3 Students of Percentage 12.1 11.0
Percentage of Students 0 0 EL FARMS SE EL Farms SE
Yes No Yes No
• The sample of students selected by MSDE mirrors the percentage of EL students reported in BCPS September 30 enrollment numbers. • The sample of student selected by MSDE underrepresents the FARMS service group.
Figure 3 shows overall student performance by race and student service group. Percentage of students may not total 100 due to students selected by MSDE to take the KRA that did not participate.
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Division of Research, Accountability, and Assessment Figure 3: KRA Student Performance: Composite Score (Data Table for Figure 3)
KRA Performance by Race: Composite Score 100
80
60.0 60 53.0 46.0 47.5 40.6 42.6 40 33.1 35.0 29.6 30.4 26.1 27.4 23.1 24.0 18.7 19.0 20.7 Percentage of Students of Percentage 20 11.8
0 AS BL HI MU WH All Students
Emerging Readiness Approaching Readiness Demonstrating Readiness
KRA Performance by Service Group: Composite Score 100
80
60 47.3 47.5 43.9 40 34.6 33.3 34.0 31.1 28.1 30.4 19.5 17.7 20.7 20 Percentage of Students of Percentage
0 EL FARMS SE All Students
Emerging Readiness Approaching Readiness Demonstrating Readiness
Based on the selected sample of students: • 47.5% of BCPS kindergartners demonstrate readiness to enter kindergarten fully prepared. • 51.1% of kindergartners did not demonstrate all the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary to be successful upon entering school. • Apart from the Hispanic student group, the percentage of students demonstrating readiness to enter kindergarten fully prepared exceeded those who did not yet demonstrate all the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary to be fully prepared.
5 April 20, 2020 Data Summary Division of Research, Accountability, and Assessment • Approximately one third of FARMS students fell into each performance level. The percentage of students in the SE (75.4) and EL (78.5) student groups who are not fully prepared to enter kindergarten is at least 20 percentage points higher than any other race or student service group.
Figure 4 shows student performance on each of the assessed domains by race.
Figure 4: KRA Student Performance: Domain Scores by Race(Data Tables for Figure 4)
KRA Performance by Race: Language and Literacy 100
80
56.9 60 55.0 45.9 40.3 42.9 42.6 36.0 34.2 34.8 40 30.8 32.4 25.0 21.6 21.5 20.9 20.2 16.0 20 11.5 Percentage of Students of Percentage
0 AS BL HI MU WH All Students
Emerging Readiness Approaching Readiness Demonstrating Readiness
KRA Performance by Race: Mathematics 100
80 63.2
60 52.0 48.2 47.6 43.5 38.0 40 30.9 32.8 32.2 27.8 28.1 22.6 25.0 22.9 22.9 18.7 19.0
Percentage of Students of Percentage 20 13.2
0 AS BL HI MU WH All Students
Emerging Readiness Approaching Readiness Demonstrating Readiness
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Figure 4 continued: KRA Student Performance: Domain Scores by Race KRA Performance by Race: Physical Well-Being and Motor Development 100
80 61.9 62.9 55.0 55.1 60 47.5 46.5
40 28.8 27.4 24.8 20.9 22.3 24.3 24.0 22.8 17.0 18.7 20 15.1 13.6 Percentage of Students of Percentage 0 AS BL HI MU WH All Students
Emerging Readiness Approaching Readiness Demonstrating Readiness
KRA Performance by Race: Social Foundations 100
80
60 55.4 49.6 48.0 47.3 41.2 37.0 40 36.5 30.2 27.2 25.2 23.0 24.8 24.0 24.0 25.4 25.7 25.5 18.4 20 Percentage of Students of Percentage
0 AS BL HI MU WH All Students
Emerging Readiness Approaching Readiness Demonstrating Readiness
Based on the selected sample of students: • Students in all race groups except Hispanic had a higher percentage of students fully prepared for kindergarten in the Mathematics and Language and Literacy domains. • The percentage of BCPS kindergartners demonstrating readiness to enter kindergarten fully prepared is highest in the Physical Well-Being and Motor Development. Language and Literacy has the lowest percentage of students who are fully prepared for kindergarten.
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Division of Research, Accountability, and Assessment • In Physical Well-Being and Motor Development and Social Foundations, all race groups had a higher percentage of students demonstrating readiness for kindergarten than students who were not able to demonstrate all the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary to be fully prepared.
Figure 5 shows student performance on each of the assessed domains by student service group.
Figure 5: KRA Student Performance: Domain Scores by Student Service Group(Data Tables for Figure 5)
KRA Performance by Service Group: Language and Literacy 100
80
60 47.3 45.9 42.4 36.6 40 31.2 34.1 33.0 33.5 32.4 20.2 17.2 20 14.1 Percentage of Students of Percentage
0 EL FARMS SE All Students
Emerging Readiness Approaching Readiness Demonstrating Readiness
KRA Performance by Service Group: Mathematics
100
80
60 47.8 47.6 44.3 34.4 40 32.7 33.0 30.9 26.1 28.1 22.7 22.9 17.6
Percentage of Students of Percentage 20
0 EL FARMS SE All Students
Emerging Readiness Approaching Readiness Demonstrating Readiness
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Figure 5 continued: KRA Student Performance: Domain Scores by Student Service Group KRA Performance by Service Group: Physical Well-Being and Motor Development 100
80
60 55.1 43.9 45.8 46.8
40 29.3 28.6 24.9 24.0 23.2 23.2 24.8 18.7 20 Percentage of Students of Percentage 0 EL FARMS SE All Students
Emerging Readiness Approaching Readiness Demonstrating Readiness
KRA Performance by Service Group: Social Foundations 100
80
60 56.2 47.3 41.0 39.3 32.3 40 28.8 28.3 26.8 25.7 25.5 17.7 19.2 20 Percentage of Students of Percentage 0 EL FARMS SE All Students
Emerging Readiness Approaching Readiness Demonstrating Readiness
Based on the selected sample of students: • The percentage of EL students demonstrating emerging or approaching readiness skills and behaviors that prepare them for kindergarten exceeded those deemed demonstrating readiness in all domains except the Physical Well-Being and Motor Development domain. • The percentage of FARMS students who are fully prepared for kindergarten curriculum exceeded the percentage who demonstrate emerging or approaching readiness skills and behaviors that prepare them for kindergarten in both the Physical Well-Being, Motor Development, and Social Foundation domains.
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Division of Research, Accountability, and Assessment APPENDIX A
Performance by Census Schools
Table 1: KRA Performance: Composite Score % % % % Demonstrating Approaching Emerging Did Not N Readiness Readiness Readiness Participate Campfield Early Childhood Center 142 31.7 38 30.3 0.0 Halstead Academy 72 31.9 38.9 27.8 1.4 Hawthorne Elementary 60 33.3 38.3 26.7 1.7 Sandy Plains Elementary 88 27.3 23.9 22.7 26.1
Table 2: KRA Performance: Language and Literacy % % % Demonstrating Approaching % Emerging Did Not N Readiness Readiness Readiness Participate Campfield Early Childhood Center 142 35.2 38.0 26.8 Halstead Academy 72 27.8 38.9 31.9 1.4 Hawthorne Elementary 60 40.0 40.0 18.3 1.7 Sandy Plains Elementary 88 23.9 25.0 25.0 26.1
Table 3: KRA Performance: Mathematics % % % % Demonstrating Approaching Emerging Did Not N Readiness Readiness Readiness Participate Campfield Early Childhood Center 142 38.0 30.3 31.7 0.0 Halstead Academy 72 37.5 20.8 40.3 1.4 Hawthorne Elementary 60 33.3 30.0 35.0 1.7 Sandy Plains Elementary 88 14.8 28.4 30.7 26.1
10 April 20, 2020 Data Summary Division of Research, Accountability, and Assessment Table 4: KRA Performance: Physical Well-Being and Motor Development % % % Demonstrating Approaching % Emerging Did Not N Readiness Readiness Readiness Participate Campfield Early Childhood Center 142 39.4 31.0 29.6 0.0 Halstead Academy 72 45.8 37.5 15.3 1.4 Hawthorne Elementary 60 36.7 38.3 23.3 1.7 Sandy Plains Elementary 88 45.5 19.3 9.1 26.1
Table B5: KRA Performance: Social Foundations % % % % Demonstrating Approaching Emerging Did Not N Readiness Readiness Readiness Participate Campfield Early Childhood Center 142 33.8 26.1 40.1 0.0 Halstead Academy 72 31.9 37.5 29.2 1.4 Hawthorne Elementary 60 30.0 30.0 38.3 1.7 Sandy Plains Elementary 88 42.1 13.6 18.2 26.1
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Data Tables for Figures 1-5
Data Table for Figure 1: Comparison of MSDE KRA sample to BCPS September 30 Enrollment Race MSDE BCPS Sample September 30 Enrollment American 0.8% 0.6% Indian Asian 8.4% 7.8% Black 30.4% 34.7% Hispanic/Latino 13.9% 13.8% Multiple Races 6.0% 6.1% Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.1% White 40.3% 36.9%
Data Table for Figure 2: Comparison of MSDE KRA sample to BCPS September 30 Enrollment by Student Service Group MSDE BCPS Sample September 30 Enrollment EL 12.4% 12.1% Not EL 87.6% 87.9% FARMS 43.5% 46.4% Not FARMS 56.5% 53.6% SE 12.3% 11.0% NOT SE 87.7% 89.0%
Data Table for Figure 3: KRA Student Performance - Composite Score by Race and Student Service Groups Emerging Approaching Demonstrating Readiness Readiness Readiness AS 18.7% 33.1% 46.0% BL 23.1% 35.0% 40.6% HI 42.6% 29.6% 26.1% MU 19.0% 24.0% 53.0% WH 11.8% 27.4% 60.0% EL 43.9% 34.6% 19.5 FARMS 31.1% 33.3% 34.0% SE 47.3% 28.1% 17.7% All Students 20.7% 30.4% 47.5%
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Data Tables for Figure 4: KRA Student Performance – Domain Scores by Race LANGUAGE Emerging Approaching Demonstrating AND Readiness Readiness Readiness LITERACY AS 21.6% 36.0% 40.3% BL 21.5% 34.2% 42.9% HI 42.6% 34.8% 20.9% MU 16.0% 25.0% 55.0% WH 11.5% 30.8% 56.9% All Students 20.2% 32.4% 45.9%
MATHEMATICS Emerging Approaching Demonstrating Readiness Readiness Readiness AS 18.7% 30.9% 48.2% BL 27.8% 32.8% 38.0% HI 43.5% 32.2% 22.6% MU 19.0% 25.0% 52.0% WH 13.2% 22.9% 63.2% All Students 22.9% 28.1% 47.6%
PHYSICAL Emerging Approaching Demonstrating WELL-BEING Readiness Readiness Readiness AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT AS 15.1% 20.9% 61.9% BL 22.3% 28.8% 47.5% HI 27.4% 24.3% 46.5% MU 17.0% 24.0% 55.0% WH 13.6% 22.8% 62.9% All Students 18.7% 24.8% 55.1%
SOCIAL Emerging Approaching Demonstrating FOUNDATIONS Readiness Readiness Readiness AS 25.2% 23.0% 49.6% BL 30.2% 27.2% 41.2% HI 37.0% 24.8% 36.5% MU 24.0% 24.0% 48.0% WH 18.4% 25.4% 55.4% All Students 25.7% 23.5% 47.3%
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Division of Research, Accountability, and Assessment Data Tables for Figure 5: KRA Student Performance – Domain Scores by Student Service Group LANGUAGE Emerging Approaching Demonstrating AND Readiness Readiness Readiness LITERACY EL 47.3% 36.6% 14.1% FARMS 31.2% 34.1% 33.0% SE 42.4% 33.5% 17.2% All Students 20.2% 32.4% 45.9%
MATHEMATICS Emerging Approaching Demonstrating Readiness Readiness Readiness EL 47.8% 32.7% 17.6% FARMS 34.4% 33.0% 30.9% SE 44.3% 26.1% 22.7% All Students 22.9% 28.1% 47.6%
PHYSICAL Emerging Approaching Demonstrating WELL-BEING Readiness Readiness Readiness AND MOTOR DEVELOPMENT EL 29.3% 24.9% 43.9% FARMS 24.0% 28.6% 45.8% SE 46.8% 23.2% 23.2% All Students 18.7% 24.8% 55.1%
SOCIAL Emerging Approaching Demonstrating FOUNDATIONS Readiness Readiness Readiness EL 41.0% 28.3% 28.8% FARMS 32.3% 26.8% 39.3% SE 56.2% 17.7% 19.2% All Students 25.7% 25.5% 47.3%
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