Georgia Kindergarten Entry Profile
The purpose of the Georgia Kindergarten Entry Profile is to provide teachers, administrators, and others with high-quality information about each student’s readiness. The Georgia Kindergarten Entry Profile will help teachers individualize instruction and determine and support and intervention that may be needed. It also provides formative information of each child’s knowledge and skills as they enter kindergarten, which will have an effect on instruction and professional development.
- Sponsor
Pearson Education
$2 - Principal investigator
Jeff Barker - Active since
December 2014
Abstract
The Georgia Kindergarten Entry Profile will be developed using research-based best practices and recommendations from organizations such as
- DECAL
- National Research Council
- National Education Association
- National Association for the Education of Young Children
- Council for Exceptional Children
- State kindergarten assessment systems
- Review from national experts in the field of elementary education and assessment
The Georgia Kindergarten Entry Profile will consist of direct and indirect tools and will be aligned with the Georgia Early Learning Development Standards and the Essential Elements of School Readiness. It will also be vertically aligned to the College and Career Ready Georgia Performance Standards.
One key component of the Georgia Kindergarten Entry Profile will be the ability to apply the tools in an instructional context while maintaining a natural application. A natural application allows for the Georgia Kindergarten Entry Profile to be invisible to students and appropriate for all students including English learners and students with disabilities.
The Georgia Kindergarten Entry Profile will be an extension of the GKIDS and allow for the collection of data in the GKIDS online database. This data will also link to the GaDOE for inclusion in the Statewide Longitudinal Data System.