Kindergarten entry scores predict grade 3 reading proficiency: Philadelphia kindergarteners with higher KEI scores in 2014/15 had higher grade 3 PSSA ELA scores¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Students with higher scores on the KEI in 2014/15 had higher ELA scores on the grade 3 PSSA in 2017/18. → Jessica F. Harding 2019

Evidence¶

Jessica F. Harding 2019¶

Jessica F. Harding, Mariesa Herrmann, Elias S. Hanno, Christine Ross. (2019). Using Kindergarten Entry Assessments to Measure Whether Philadelphia’s Students Are On-Track for Reading Proficiently. Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/mid-atlantic/

q2 · i? · associational · r1

An observational analysis of district administrative data on 3,521 SDP students linking kindergarten entry inventory scores to grade 3 assessment scores. The study reports that "Students with higher scores on the KEI in 2014/15 had higher ELA scores on the grade 3 PSSA in 2017/18." No effect size is printed.

"For these analyses, the study used district administrative data on 3,521 SDP students who took the KEI in 2014/15 and the grade 3 PSSA in ELA in 2017/18. Students with higher scores on the KEI in 2014/15 had higher ELA scores on the grade 3 PSSA in 2017/18."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Students with higher spring reading assessment scores in kindergarten through grade 3 also had higher KEI and grade 3 PSSA ELA scores — related
• The KEI threshold was accurate for the cohort despite large individual-level prediction errors (53% of proficient and 73% of non-proficient students correctly classified) — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• A threshold of 6 on a 1–10 index of two KEI dimensions matched the cohort's actual 37 percent grade 3 ELA proficiency rate — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
• The overall Kindergarten Readiness Assessment score predicts grade 3 achievement about as well as combinations of its subscores — related
• Combined latent scores are highly predictive of third grade assessment scores in pre-pandemic years, with correlations from 0.67 to 0.82 — related
• K-2 assessment and latent scores predict third grade ELA grades with correlations from 0.52 to 0.63 in pre-pandemic cohorts — related