Professional Development and Technology by Johns Hopkins School of Education, Center for Technology in Education Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA)

Professional Development and Technology by Johns Hopkins School of Education, Center for Technology in Education

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) 1.5 Administration (2015)

Ready for Kindergarten Online: Rollout Timeline for KRA 1.5

• June: Internal Quality Assurance Testing

• Mid-July: User Acceptance Testing by stakeholders

• August 1: Ready for Kindergarten Online and KRA App available

• August 17 – November 1: MD KRA 1.5 assessment window

• August 1 – November 1: OH KRA 1.5 assessment window

• Mid-November: Individual student reports and parent reports available

• November 1 – December 1: Post-assessment window for data managers to update student demographic & prior-care information

Johns Hopkins School of Education, Center for Technology in Education

Ready for Kindergarten: KRA - What’s New for 2015

KRA 1.5 • System available beginning of August for training & data loading• Improved data manager functionality • Unique state student ID required• KRA app expanded to Android devices• More items available on the KRA app (17 total)• Fewer overall KRA items• Dashboard access to assessment results for teachers• ISR and parent reports available in November• 24/7 technical support for teachers & data managers (phone & email)


KRA 1.5 Launch: Key Information

Ready for Kindergarten Online

• System available August 1• Load teacher data in preparation for local trainings (early August)• Load student and enrollment data ASAP in relation to when school

begins and when the assessment window opens• Important to keep teacher, student, and enrollment up-to-date

KRA App

• Districts will need to uninstall previous versions of KRA app• Fall 2015 KRA app available for install on August 1


KRA Data Manager Guidelines Website

http://dataguidelines.kready.org

• Data templates

• Guidelines

• FAQs

• Technical support information


http://dataguidelines.kready.org/

Documents

Professional Development and Technology by Johns Hopkins School of Education, Center for Technology in Education Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA)