Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS)

• "The Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (GKIDS) is a year-long, performance-based assessment aligned to the state mandated content standards. The goal of the assessment program is to provide teachers with information about the level of instructional support needed by individual students entering kindergarten and first grade. GKIDS will allow teachers to assess student performance during instruction, record student performance in an on-line database, and generate reports for instructional planning, progress reports, report cards, SST, and/or parent conferences. " - GaDOE-GKIDS

There are seven areas or domains of learning that are assessed as part of GKIDS:

• English Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Social Studies
• Science
• Approaches to Learning
• Personal and Social Development
• Motor Skills

Performance Levels

ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Science standards will be assessed using two to five performance levels for each element.

• Not Yet Demonstrated
• Emerging
• Developing
• Demonstrating the Standard
• Exceeding the Standard

Non-Academic Domains

Approaches to Learning, Personal and Social Development, and Motor Skills. Students are assessed using the following performance levels:

• Area of Concern​
• Developing
• Consistently Demonstrating