Public Kindergarten Data (11-11-19 through 1-30-20)
The reporting of kindergarten program data into ECDS is mandatory for all public school districts and open-enrollment charter schools (collectively, local education agencies or LEAs) that administer a commissioner approved kindergarten assessment instrument.
The data collection includes the following data:
- demographic information
- special program information
- classroom link on students enrolled in district kindergarten classes
- the type of commissioner approved kindergarten progress monitoring tool for Beginning of Year (BOY), which includes a raw score for each of the following five (5) academic domains: health and wellness, language and communication, emergent literacy reading, emergent literacy writing and mathematics
- assessments on the 2017-2021 Commissioner's List of Approved Kindergarten Assessment Instruments include:
- aimswebPlus (English/Spanish)
- BASC-3-BESS (English/Spanish)
- DESSA-mini (English/Spanish)
- DIAL-4 (English/Spanish)
- DIBELS Next (English)
- ISIP – Early Reading (English)
- LION for Reading (English)
- MAP (English)
- Ready, Set, K! (English/Spanish)
- STAR Early Literacy (English/Spanish)
- TPRI (English)
- Tejas LEE (Spanish)
- TX-KEA (English/Spanish)
- Work Sampling System (English/Spanish)