2018-2019 Pre-Kindergarten Assessment Results for …

[Pages:30]2018-2019 Pre-Kindergarten Assessment Results for Early Learning Collaboratives and Other Four-Year-Old Classrooms

Carey M. Wright, Ed.D. State Superintendent of Education

July 2019

2018-2019 Pre-Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Results: July 2019

A Joint Publication

Office of Accountability ? Dr. Paula Vanderford, Chief Accountability Officer ? Dr. Jackie Sampsell, State Assessment Director ? Melissa Beck, K-3 Screener/Data Coordinator

Office of the Chief Academic Officer ? Dr. Nathan Oakley, Chief Academic Officer ? Dr. Tenette Smith, Executive Director of Elementary Education and Reading ? Dr. Jill Dent, Early Childhood Director

For questions related to the administration of the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment in Early Learning Collaboratives and Other Four-Year Old Classrooms, please contact:

Dr. Jill Dent, Early Childhood Director Office of Elementary Education and Reading 601-359-2586 JDent@

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 nondiscrimination 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

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Scale Score Explanation and Pre-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 for students based on each student's individual strengths and weaknesses.

498 Cut Score Explanation (Public Pre-K) To ensure providers are preparing students for Kindergarten, the Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013 required the Mississippi Department of Education to adopt a minimum rate of readiness that each pre-kindergarten provider participating in a Collaborative must meet to remain eligible for funding. Mississippi committee members reviewed the Reading Proficiency Indicators and determined that a scaled score of 498 (within the Early Emergent Reader classification) should be the literacy readiness score recommended for students at the end of prekindergarten. Students with a score of 498 at the end of pre-kindergarten have mastered 70% of early literacy skills. These students are on track to earn a 530 at the beginning of kindergarten and to meet end of grade 3 reading expectations.

It is important to recognize that children do not progress at the same rate and each stage of development is affected by the preceding types of development. Social and emotional development, interaction between parents and caretakers, environmental elements and learning exposure contribute to continued growth after a child exits the pre-kindergarten program, therefore it is expected that students will continue to grow over the summer.

In order to achieve mastery of the Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards, students are expected to score a 530 or above at the beginning of kindergarten. Students with a 530 or above are typically ready to learn the early literacy skills expected of kindergarteners. 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. Students with a score below 530 usually need additional help. For more information on reading proficiency indicators based on Renaissance assessments, please visit .

Note: It is important to use multiple data points, rather than a single score, to determine if a student is ready for kindergarten. There are many important skills that indicate a student's readiness for kindergarten, in addition to literacy skills, such as social and emotional development, physical development and health, language development, and creative arts expression.

Mississippi Department of Education Office of Student Assessment

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STAR Early Literacy Achievement Standards

Performance Level Early

Emergent Reader Late

Emergent Reader

Transitional Reader

Probable Reader

Scale Score Range 300-487 488-674 675-774 775-900

Descriptors

Student is beginning to understand that printed text has meaning. The student is learning that reading involves printed words and sentences, and that print flows from left to right and from the top 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 beginning to "read" picture books and familiar words around the 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 ending consonant sounds and long and short vowel sounds, and is 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 and sounding out words, and more time understanding what was 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.

The following data reflect scores from the 14 Early Learning Collaboratives, as well as scores from other four-year-old classrooms, including Title I, self-contained special education, and other school district Pre-K programs.

Mississippi Department of Education Office of Student Assessment

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2018-2019 Pre-Kindergarten Assessment Results for Early Learning

Collaboratives

July 2019

Mississippi Department of Education Office of Student Assessment

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Table 1. Early Learning Collaborative Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Results

Aggregate Scale Score Analysis

Spring 2017

Spring 2018

Spring 2019

End of Year K-Readiness Benchmark Score Scale Score Average Students Scoring At or Above 498 Students Scoring Below 498 Scale Score Gain Total Test-Takers

498

585

1,066 77.87%

303 22.13% 157

1,369 100%

498

573

1,478 75.60%

477 24.40% 146

1,955 100%

498

575

1,581 76.90%

475

23.10%

145

2,056

100%

Table 2. Early Learning Collaborative State Level Results

Classification Level

Number of Students Number of Students

Spring 2017

Spring 2018

Early Emergent Reader

267

19.50%

437

22.35%

Late Emergent Reader

797

58.22% 1,143 58.47%

Transitional Reader

247

18.04%

305

15.60%

Probable Reader

58

4.24%

70

3.58%

Total Test-Takers

1,369

100%

1,955

100%

Number of Students Spring 2019

418

20.33%

1,258 296 84 2,056

61.19% 14.40% 4.09% 100%

Table 3. Early Learning Collaborative Group Level Results

Number of

Classification Level

Groups

Spring 2017

Early Emergent Reader

0

Late Emergent Reader (Below 498)

0

Late Emergent Reader (At or Above

10

498)

Transitional Reader

0

Probable Reader

0

Total Groups

10

Number of Groups

Spring 2018 0 0

15

0 0 15

Number of Groups

Spring 2019 0 0 14

0 0 14

Table 4. Early Learning Collaborative Site Level Results

Classification Level

Number of Sites Number of Sites Number of Sites

Spring 2017

Spring 2018

Spring 2019

Early Emergent Reader

0

3

0

Late Emergent Reader (Below 498)

0

3

1

Late Emergent Reader (At or Above 498)

48

51

60

Transitional Reader

2

4

4

Probable Reader

0

0

0

Total Sites

50

61

65

Site total does not include data from one Early Learning Collaborative site whose post-test was

administered using a site-specific portal.

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Table 5. 2018-2019 Collaborative Scale Score Averages

Collaborative

Canton Early Learning Collaborative Clarke County Early Learning Partnership Coahoma County Pre-K Collaborative - Clarksdale Municipal Schools Corinth-Alcorn-Prentiss Early Learning Collaborative Greenwood Leflore Early Learning Collaborative Grenada Early Learning Collaborative Lamar County Early Learning Collaborative McComb Community Collaborative for Early Learning Success Monroe Early Learning Collaborative Petal Early Learning Collaborative Picayune Early Learning Collaborative Starkville Oktibbeha Early Learning Collaborative Sunflower County Consolidated School District Collaborative Tallahatchie Early Learning Alliance Scale Score Average

Scale Score Average Fall

482

410

Scale Score Average Spring

567

585

Scale Score Gain

85 175

Spring 2019 Test Takers

112

92

433

569 136 194

424

578 154 255

422

588 166 174

447

672 225 133

418

529 111 199

416

579 163 180

425

599 174 205

420

535 115 77

409

548 139 37

441

576 135 120

433

567 134 152

445

528

83 117

430

575 145 2,056

Table 6. 2018-2019 Site Scale Score Averages

Site

Canton Early Learning Collaborative Agape Community Development Center** Devine, Chinn, Garrett Head Start Reuben B. Myers Canton School of Arts and Sciences

Clark County Early Learning Partnership Manuel Goff Head Start Center Quitman Lower Elementary

Coahoma County Pre-K Collaborative - Clarksdale Municipal Schools

Aaron E. Henry Head Start

Scale Score Average Fall

Scale Score Average Spring

482

567

724

605

438

566

Scale Score Gain

85 -119 128

432

553

121

410

585

175

392

540

148

422

616

194

433

569

136

427

568

141

Spring 2019 Test Takers 112 16 58

38

92 37 55

194

78

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Site

Bertha Blackburn Head Start Booker T. Washington Elementary School Friars Point Head Start George H. Oliver Elementary School Heidelberg Elementary School Jonestown Head Start Kirkpatrick Elementary School St. Elizabeth's Catholic School Corinth-Alcorn-Prentiss Early Learning Collaborative Alcorn Central Elementary Prekindergarten Biggersville Elementary Corinth Elementary Prekindergarten Corinth Head Start Kid Kountry Kossuth Elementary Thrasher Elementary Prekindergarten Greenwood Leflore Early Learning Collaborative Gilliam Head Start Center Threadgill Primary Grenada Early Learning Collaborative Grenada Elementary School Grenada Head Start Lamar County Early Learning Collaborative Baxterville Pre-K Clifton Preston Head Start Longleaf Pre-K Lumberton Elementary School Oak Grove Primary Head Start Oak Grove Primary School Purvis Pre-K Sumrall Elementary McComb Community Collaborative for Early Learning Success

Scale Score Average Fall

Scale Score Average Spring

433

583

431

557

456

566

380

*

420

575

413

517

461

600

495

*

Scale Score Gain

150 126 110 * 155 104 139 *

424

578

154

420

627

207

402

566

164

423

568

145

418

543

125

438

*

*

427

555

128

452

591

139

422

588

166

398

568

170

445

606

161

447

672

225

475

694

219

422

651

229

418

529

111

409

542

133

423

523

100

431

559

128

402

488

86

400

523

123

418

547

129

421

531

110

457

501

44

416

579

163

Spring 2019 Test Takers 20 15 14

* 20 14 19 *

255

40 20 118 15 * 38 20 174 80 94 133 65 68 199 20 20 20 19 39 41 20 20

180

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