Specifications include, but are not limited to: conduct a pilot project to conduct a Kindergarten Entry Assessment. The STATE is seeking eight kindergarten teachers and their school districts to participate as pilot schools from the first sixty days of school through December 31, 2017. The purpose of the NDKEA will be to inform instruction. Therefore, it will be formative in nature and used on a daily basis by teachers and students to guide teaching and learning (Council of Chief State School Officers, 2008). It will gather a variety of data (e.g., observations, conversations, work samples, tasks) from multiple sources (e.g., teachers, support staff, families, and community members). It will be constructed using principles of universal design so that it will be accessible to the greatest number of children possible. Etc.
