Welcome to the GKIDS Pre-Administration Workshop August 30, 2011 This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. While you are waiting, please do the following: Enter/edit.

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August 30, 2011This session will begin at 9:00 a.m.

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GKIDS 2011-12Pre-Administration Workshop

Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills

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GKIDS: Purpose

• Provides teachers with ongoing diagnostic information about kindergarten students’ developing skills in language arts, math, science, social studies, personal/social development, approaches to learning and motor skills.

• Provides a summary of individual student performance at the end of the kindergarten school year as an indicator of first grade readiness.

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What is Assessed?

GPS Content Areas• ELA• Math• Social Studies (optional)• Science (optional)

Non-Academic Dimensions of Learning• Personal/Social Development• Approaches to Learning• Motor Skills (optional)

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Assessing the GPS usingPerformance Levels

ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Science standards will be assessed using 2-5 performance levels for each element. The number of performance levels was determined by the GKIDS Advisory Committee and is based on the range of student performance that can be observed for each element.

Performance Levels– Not Yet Demonstrated– Emerging– Progressing– Meets the Standard– Exceeds the Standard

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Updates for 2011-12

• System Test Coordinators are now able to view individual teacher reports via the GKIDS website. These class level summary reports were previously available only to school level coordinators.

• The wording of the “meets the standard” performance level for ELAKR3 (element a/c) was revised to match the wording in the Georgia Performance Standards.

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Format and Activity Options

Activities Options• Teacher may assess by observing student

performance during the course of regular classroom instruction or by an assessment activity of the teacher’s choice.– Sample activities have been developed for each GPS

standard by the advisory committee– Activities are included in the GKIDS Administration Manual

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GKIDS Approaches to Learning MenuCategory Statement

Curiosity and Initiative

a. Asks questions

b. Self selects activities and topics

c. Seeks help when needed

Creativity and Problem Solving

a. Shows creativity by appropriately using materials in unique ways

b. Displays imagination in storytelling, writing, drawing, play, songs, etc.

c. Uses a variety of problem solving strategies

Attention, Engagement, and Persistence

a. Pays attention

b. Demonstrates increasing task persistence

c. Displays motivation/enthusiasm for learning

d. Works independently

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Personal and Social Development MenuCategory Statement

Personal Development/Self Regulation

a. Demonstrates self confidence/positive attitude

b. Adjusts well to changes in routines and environments

c. Expresses emotions and needs through appropriate words and actions

Social Development/Classroom Interactions

a. Treats others with respect in words and actions

b. Shows caring for others

c. Follows directions and school rules

d. Respects the property of others

e. Works cooperatively with others

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Motor Skills MenuFine Motor Skills Gross Motor Skills

Putting together puzzles using picture and shape cues

Walk Throw a Ball

Buttoning shirts Run Catch a Ball

Zipping jackets Hop Kick a Stationary Ball

Building structures with blocks Skip Walk with a bean bag on head

Holding a pencil in a mature grasp

Jump Chase

Drawing pictures and letters with pencils, pens, crayons, markers

Gallop Dodge

Cutting simple shapes with scissors

Slide Cross the Midline

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GKIDS Data Entry and Reporting Website

https://gkids.tsars.uga.edu/start

Operational on August 1, 2011

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Data Entry and Reporting Website

• Web-based electronic data entry and reporting system available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: https://gkids.tsars.uga.edu/start

• Allows teachers to enter and manage data throughout the school year.

• Teacher can enter data by student or by element for the entire class.

• Teachers can generate student or class reports at any time during the year (on-screen and pdf options). – Instructional planning– Report cards, Progress Reports, and SST– Parent conferences

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Login and Passwords

• All system coordinator, school coordinator and teacher information in the website from the 2010-11 school year will remain intact unless requested otherwise by systems.

• School Coordinators should assign login names and passwords to new teachers at the beginning of the school year.

• System Coordinators should assign login names and passwords to new school coordinators at the beginning of the school year.

• If you are a new system test coordinator, please contact GCA or DOE for assistance.

• Contact GCA if you have moved to a new school/system from last year.

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System Test Coordinator Responsibilities

• Your main role is to manage user accounts for school test coordinators at each school in your system that has Kindergarten teachers.

• During the school year, you will be able to view system, school and class reports and search for reports on individual students.

• Login names and passwords from 2010-11 are still valid unless requested otherwise by systems.

• New system coordinators should contact GCA or DOE to receive a login and password.

• System Test Coordinators are responsible for making certain that schools in the system meet the reporting deadlines.

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Adding New Schools to GKIDS Database

• Please contact Jeremy Granade at GCA if your system has a new school with kindergarten students this school year.– [email protected] – (888) 392-8977

• Include your system, the new school name and the new school’s facility code.

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School Test Coordinator Responsibilities

• Your main role is to manage user accounts for the teachers at your school.

• Login names and passwords from 2010-11 are still valid unless requested otherwise by systems.

• During the school year, you will be able to view school and class reports and search for reports on individual students.

• Be prepared to answer questions for the school about navigating the GKIDS Data Entry and Reporting website.

• School Test Coordinators are responsible for making certain that teachers meet the reporting deadlines.

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Teacher Responsibilities

• Add your students to the database.• Enter student data in the required domains. – All English Language Arts elements– All Math elements– All Approaches to Learning elements– All Personal/Social Development elements.

• Remove students from your class list if they move to a new school.

• Generate student and class reports throughout the year as needed.

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Manage Students

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Adding New Students

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Ethnic/Race Entry• In order to comply with federal regulations, please enter the

following ethnic/race demographic information… • Select One of the Following Ethnicities:

– Hispanic– Non-Hispanic

• Select all of the following that apply:– American Indian/Alaskan Native – Asian – Black/African American – Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander – White

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Home Page

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Entering Assessment Data

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GKIDS Reporting Deadlines

• There is no reporting window at the beginning of the school year or in the middle of the school year unless required by the local system.

• There will be a mid-year checkpoint in January to ensure that teachers are recording information in a timely manner.

• Deadline for entering GKIDS Data for the 2011-12 school year: May 11, 2012. Data received after the deadline will not be included in Summary Reports.

• Student data will be entered at the GKIDS Data Entry Website: https://gkids.tsars.uga.edu/start

• Required Domains: Language Arts, Math, Approaches to Learning, and Personal/Social Development.

• There are no scannable forms to fill out.

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End-of-the-Year Reports

• Teachers may select one of the individual student reports from the GKIDS website to use as the end-of-the-year report.– Strand Level– Standard Level– Element Level

• Class, school, and system reports are also available on the GKIDS website.

• GCA will generate system, and state summary reports.

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GKIDS Resources

• 2011-12 GKIDS Administration Manual• Quick Reference Guide for 2011-12• Parent Brochure• Sample Baseline Assessment• Spanish Translation of Student Report (by request only)– These resources are posted in the “Resource Box” on the

GKIDS page of the GaDOE website. Go to http://www.gadoe.org/ci_testing.aspx and click on “Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS)” at the bottom of the page.

• For instructional support, you may browse the GaDOE frameworks at: www.georgiastandards.org/Frameworks.

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GKIDS Contacts

Bobbie Bable Georgia Department of EducationAssessment and Accountability (404) [email protected]

Jeremy Granade & Candace LangfordGeorgia Center for Assessment(888) [email protected], [email protected]

QUESTIONS?

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