Time: 3:30p.m.- 5:00p.m. Mountain

Location: 2019 APPAM Fall Research Conference
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Denver, CO
1550 Court Pl, Denver, CO 80202

Description: In fall 2017, the Illinois State Board of Education adopted a new statewide assessment, the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS). KIDS required that kindergarten teachers report data on each child’s skills at school entry using a kindergarten entry assessment called the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey. This research-based observational tool was developed specifically for Illinois educators to collect school readiness information “in a way that is efficient, supportive of excellent teaching practice, informative to educators, and comparable across geographic and demographic boundaries.” KIDS conveys what skills, knowledge, and behaviors each child should possess—a beacon to guide the work of preschools, home child care centers, Head Start centers, family homes, and every other early childhood setting. To collect data, Illinois kindergarten teachers observed each child during the first 40 days of instruction, interviewed the child’s family or other school staff as necessary, and gathered artifacts of the child’s work.

Partnership or Research Alliance: Midwest Early Childhood Education Research Alliance

Audience: Members of APPAM, a network of academics, researchers, practitioners, students and retired veterans of the field.

Speakers: Jill Bowdon, Senior Researcher, REL Midwest