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SB 08-212 Colorado’s Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K)

Recommendations for School Readiness Assessment

• Requirements of State Board
• Define school readiness
• Adopt one or more assessments aligned with definition
• f school readiness
• Requirements of local education providers
• Beginning in the fall of 2013, ensure all children in

publicly funded preschool or kindergarten receive an Individual School Readiness Plan

• Administer the school readiness assessment to each

student in kindergarten

Overview of School Readiness within CAP4K

Adopted School Readiness Assessments must be:

• Research-based
• Recognized nationwide as reliable for measuring school readiness
• Suitable for determining instruction and interventions to improve student

readiness

• Inclusive of physical well-being and motor development, social and

emotional development, language and comprehension development, and cognition and general knowledge School readiness assessments shall not be:

• Used to deny admission or progression
• Reported at the individual student-level

Following adoption of the school readiness assessment, the state board is required to adopt a system for reporting population-level results that provide baseline data for measuring overall change and improvement in students' skills and knowledge over time.

Parameters for School Readiness Assessment

State Board of Education Adopted Assessment Attributes (December 2010)

Agreement: SBE agrees that school readiness assessments will include primarily a mix of state-approved formative and interim assessment tools

• 1. CDE recommends that the Colorado Basic Literacy Act (CBLA) be

updated to align with the PWR Colorado Academic Standards and that numeracy be added to reflect the same instructional values of progress monitoring and early intervention where needed.

• 2. The state will offer districts a menu of approved school readiness

assessment tools.

• 3. In preschool through second grade school readiness assessments

will rely on formative assessment practices and interim assessments.

• 4. In grades 1-2 mastery of the PWR Colorado Academic Standards will

be measured.

• 5. Districts are encouraged to introduce developmentally appropriate

end-of-year assessments.

Recommendation Development Process

• August – September, 2012
• Members of the 2010 CDE

Assessment Committee

• Purpose: Review specific

assessment tools

Assessment Subcommittee

• August – November, 2012
• Superintendents’ Advisory

Councils and public meetings

• Purpose: Gather input to

inform department recommendations on assessment tools and implementation considerations

Outreach

• August 2012 and ongoing
• Representatives from districts,

Early Childhood Leadership Commission, preschool programs, early childhood advocacy and foundations

• Role: Advise the department on

implementation of SB 08-212 school readiness provisions

School Readiness Advisory Committee

Results:

• Only one assessment, Teaching Strategies GOLD, met all

requirements and desired attributes.

• Two other assessments also received high scores, High Scope

COR and Desired Results Development Profile; however, the technical reports are still in development. Recommendations:

• Offer districts a menu of assessments from which to choose
• Approve Teaching Strategies GOLD for the menu
• Pending acceptable technical reports, add High Scope COR and

Desired Results Development Profile to the menu

Results and Recommendations from the School Readiness Assessment Subcommittee

• CDE recommends that the State Board of

Education:

• Offer districts a menu of school readiness assessments
• Approve Teaching Strategies Gold as the first school

readiness assessment tool for the menu

• Pending positive technical reports and final review,

approve additional school readiness assessment tools for the menu

Recommendation

Description Benefits Limitations Considerations

District phase-in school readiness plans and assessment over two-years 2013-4: Ready districts implement TS GOLD and school readiness plans 2014-5: All districts implement an assessment from the menu and school readiness plans

• Allows ready districts to

move forward with implementation

• Utilizes lessons from

phase one district implementation to inform phase two

• Allows for consideration
• f assessments currently

being validated

• Allows for more reliable

implementation over time resulting in higher quality data

• Supportive of paradigm

shift needed for K reform

• Allows for sufficient

training

• Not all kindergarten

students are included in year one

• Perception that the state

is reluctant to implement a key provision of CAP4K

• Question related to

change in legislation

CDE Implementation Timeline : Districts Phase-in School Readiness Requirements Over Two Years