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>> Unlike the KRA,
the new kindergarten readiness assessment,
it covers content across
six areas versus just literacy.
So with that information,
we're able to gauge
if the student has
the social skills and
and the physical development that
they need when they start school,
and we're able to see if students have
the skills of sharing
and following directions,
and we're able to
give them the intervention that they
need and push them forward in
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>> I found that it was very
nice in my classroom.
It was tested over a long period of time,
as opposed to the KRA,
where we set up appointments for
the students to come in in the past,
and they would be tested
over one or two days.
And I found that when we did that,
sometimes the students would
come in, they would be nervous.
They would not necessarily
interact with the teacher.
>> Using the new assessment results,
an example would be if I pulled a child
over and I asked them if
they could tell me I
told them what letter it was,
and I asked them what sound does it make?
And if they were not able to do it,
it would help me drive my instruction to pull
them in a small group and
let them know, well,
we're going to work on this and we're
going to work on it one-on-one or if
there was a small group of
kids that couldn't do their letter sounds,
I would pull them over in a small group.
And if I also noticed that the whole group,
my whole group was struggling with it,
we would do
a whole group instruction on it and
re-teach and keep practicing with it.
>> You could fit it right into
the daily schedule of the classroom.
I would do it during center time.
It just worked really
well with the daily routine,
and it worked well with my classroom.
I think the children will really
enjoy having
the manipulatives in their hands.
>> I really enjoy the new kindergarten
readiness assessment because it's easier.
It gives a full picture
of the students' ability,
and also you can just embed it
right into your instruction time.
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