Kindergarten Readiness Assessment 2019 -2020 Results Dat… · Kindergarten Readiness Assessment 2019-2020 Results Introduction and Background Information In December of 2011, the

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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)

Data Summary

Data Summary


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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

Demonstrating Readiness

Student demonstrates foundational

skills and behaviors that prepare

[him/her] for curriculum based on

Maryland College and Career-

Ready kindergarten standards.

270-298

Approaching Readiness

Student demonstrates some

foundational skills and behaviors

that prepare the student for

curriculum based on Maryland

College and Career-Ready

kindergarten standards.

258-269

Emerging Readiness

Student demonstrates limited

foundational skills and behaviors

that prepare the student for

curriculum based on Maryland

College and Career-Ready

kindergarten standards.

202-257

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)

• 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.

American Indian/AK

Native0.8%

Asian8.4%

Black30.4%

Hispanic/Latino13.9%

Multiple Races6.0%

Pacific Islander

0.1%

White40.3%

MSDE KRA SAMPLE BY RACE

American Indian/AK

Native0.6%

Asian7.8%

Black34.7%

Hispanic/Latino13.8%

Multiple Races6.1%

Pacific Islander

0.1%

White36.9%

BCPS SEPTEMBER 30

ENROLLMENT

BY RACE

Data Summary


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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)

• 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.

12.4

43.5

12.3

87.6

56.5

87.7

0

20

40

60

80

100

EL FARMS SE

Per

centa

ge

of

Stu

den

ts

MSDE KRA Sample by Student

Service Group

Yes No

12.1

46.4

11.0

87.9

53.6

89.0

0

20

40

60

80

100

EL Farms SE

Per

cen

tage

of

Stu

den

ts

BCPS September 30 Enrollment

by Student Service Group

Yes No

Data Summary


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Figure 3: KRA Student Performance: Composite Score (Data Table for Figure 3)

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.

18.723.1

42.6

19.0

11.8

20.7

33.1 35.029.6

24.027.4

30.4

46.040.6

26.1

53.0

60.0

47.5

0

20

40

60

80

100

AS BL HI MU WH All Students

Per

cen

tage

of

Stu

den

ts

KRA Performance by Race: Composite Score

Emerging Readiness Approaching Readiness Demonstrating Readiness

43.9

31.1

47.3

20.7

34.6 33.328.1 30.4

19.5

34.0

17.7

47.5

0

20

40

60

80

100

EL FARMS SE All Students

Per

cen

tage

of

Stu

den

ts

KRA Performance by Service Group:

Composite Score


Data Summary


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• 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)

21.6 21.5

42.6

16.011.5

20.2

36.0 34.2 34.8

25.030.8 32.4

40.3 42.9

20.9

55.0 56.9

45.9

0

20

40

60

80

100


Per

cen

tage

of

Stu

den

ts

KRA Performance by Race:

Language and Literacy


18.7

27.8

43.5

19.013.2

22.9

30.9 32.8 32.2

25.0 22.928.1

48.2

38.0

22.6

52.0

63.2

47.6

0

20

40

60

80

100


Per

cen

tage

of

Stu

den

ts


Mathematics


Data Summary


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Figure 4 continued: KRA Student Performance: Domain Scores by Race


• 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.

15.122.3

27.4

17.0 13.618.720.9

28.824.3 24.0 22.8 24.8

61.9

47.5 46.555.0

62.955.1

0

20

40

60

80

100


Per

cen

tage

of

Stu

den

ts


Physical Well-Being and Motor Development


25.230.2

37.0

24.018.4

25.723.027.2 24.8 24.0 25.4 25.5

49.6

41.236.5

48.0

55.4

47.3

0

20

40

60

80

100


Per

cen

tage

of

Stu

den

ts


Social Foundations


Data Summary


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• 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)

47.3

31.2

42.4

20.2

36.6 34.1 33.5 32.4

14.1

33.0

17.2

45.9

0

20

40

60

80

100


Per

cen

tage

of

Stu

den

ts


Language and Literacy


47.8

34.4

44.3

22.9

32.7 33.0

26.1 28.1

17.6

30.9

22.7

47.6

0

20

40

60

80

100


Per

cen

tage

of

Stu

den

ts


Mathematics


Data Summary


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Figure 5 continued: KRA Student Performance: Domain Scores by Student Service Group


• 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.

29.324.0

46.8

18.724.9

28.623.2 24.8

43.9 45.8

23.2

55.1

0

20

40

60

80

100


Per

cen

tage

of

Stu

den

ts


Physical Well-Being and Motor Development


41.0

32.3

56.2

25.728.3 26.8

17.7

25.528.8

39.3

19.2

47.3

0

20

40

60

80

100


Per

cen

tage

of

Stu

den

ts


Social Foundations


Data Summary


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APPENDIX A

Performance by Census Schools

Table 1: KRA Performance: Composite Score

N

% Demonstrating

Readiness

% Approaching

Readiness

% Emerging Readiness

% Did Not

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

N

% Demonstrating

Readiness

% Approaching

Readiness % Emerging Readiness

% Did Not

Participate

Campfield Early Childhood Center 142 35.2 38.0 26.8




Table 3: KRA Performance: Mathematics

N

% Demonstrating

Readiness

% Approaching

Readiness


% Did Not

Participate

Campfield Early Childhood Center 142 38.0 30.3 31.7 0.0




Data Summary


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Table 4: KRA Performance: Physical Well-Being and Motor Development

N

% Demonstrating

Readiness

% Approaching

Readiness % Emerging Readiness

% Did Not

Participate





Table B5: KRA Performance: Social Foundations

N

% Demonstrating

Readiness

% Approaching

Readiness


% Did Not

Participate





Data Summary


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APPENDIX B

Data Tables for Figures 1-5

Data Table for Figure 1: Comparison of MSDE KRA sample to BCPS September 30 Enrollment Race

MSDE

Sample

BCPS

September 30

Enrollment

American

Indian

0.8% 0.6%

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

Sample

BCPS

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

Readiness

Approaching

Readiness

Demonstrating

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%

Data Summary


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Data Tables for Figure 4: KRA Student Performance – Domain Scores by Race

LANGUAGE

AND

LITERACY

Emerging

Readiness

Approaching

Readiness

Demonstrating

Readiness

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

Readiness

Approaching

Readiness

Demonstrating

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

WELL-BEING

AND MOTOR

DEVELOPMENT

Emerging

Readiness

Approaching

Readiness

Demonstrating

Readiness

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

FOUNDATIONS

Emerging

Readiness

Approaching

Readiness

Demonstrating

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%

Data Summary


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Data Tables for Figure 5: KRA Student Performance – Domain Scores by Student Service Group

LANGUAGE

AND

LITERACY

Emerging

Readiness

Approaching

Readiness

Demonstrating

Readiness

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

Readiness

Approaching

Readiness

Demonstrating

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

WELL-BEING

AND MOTOR

DEVELOPMENT

Emerging

Readiness

Approaching

Readiness

Demonstrating

Readiness

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

FOUNDATIONS

Emerging

Readiness

Approaching

Readiness

Demonstrating

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%

Data Summary

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Kindergarten Readiness Assessment 2019 -2020 Results Dat… · Kindergarten Readiness Assessment 2019-2020 Results Introduction and Background Information In December of 2011, the