The overall Kindergarten Readiness Assessment score predicts grade 3 achievement about as well as combinations of its subscores¶
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q2 i? The overall Kindergarten Readiness Assessment score performs about as well in predicting grade 3 achievement as combinations of kindergarten readiness subscores. → Lisa Dragoset 2019
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Lisa Dragoset 2019¶
Lisa Dragoset, Cassandra Baxter, Dallas Dotter, Elias Walsh. (2019). Measuring School Performance for Early Elementary Grades in Maryland. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education, Evaluation, and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/measuring-school-performance-for-early-elementary-grades-in-maryland
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The report compares the overall Kindergarten Readiness Assessment score with combinations of kindergarten readiness subscores for predicting grade 3 achievement, finding the overall score "performs about as well" as the subscore combinations.
"The overall Kindergarten Readiness Assessment score performs about as well in predicting grade 3 achievement as combinations of kindergarten readiness subscores."
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Kindergarten entry scores predict grade 3 reading proficiency: Philadelphia kindergarteners with higher KEI scores in 2014/15 had higher grade 3 PSSA ELA scores — related
- Students with higher spring reading assessment scores in kindergarten through grade 3 also had higher KEI and grade 3 PSSA ELA scores — related
- Maryland lacked a measure of schools' support of academic growth from kindergarten to grade 3, creating a critical accountability need under ESSA — 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
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The overall Kindergarten Readiness Assessment score predicts grade 3 achievement about as well as combinations of its subscores |
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The overall Kindergarten Readiness Assessment score predicts grade 3 achievement about as well as combinations of its subscores |
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