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2017-18 Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener (FLKRS) Star Early LiteracyPreview Webinar

May 3, 2017

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Welcome and Introduction

The contractor selected to implement the new kindergarten screener is Renaissance Learning, Inc.,

which will be using an existing assessment calledStar Early Literacy.


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Introduction to the New ScreenerEd Croft, FDOE

• Statutory Requirements• Procurement Process• Milestones• State Board Rule Development• FDOE and Vendor Contacts


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Statutory Requirements• Section 1002.69, Florida Statutes, requires FDOE to adopt a

statewide kindergarten screening instrument that assesses the readiness of each K-enrolled student for kindergarten.

• The screener shall be• administered within the first 30 days of school (depending

on the school start date)• based on performance standards adopted by FDOE under

s. 1002.67(1), F.S. , for VPK (Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards for Four-Year-Olds)

• used in calculating the kindergarten readiness rate, including the readiness rate for students who were enrolled in a Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program (VPK).

• The new assessment replaces the previous assessment, the Work Sampling System (WSS).


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Procurement Process• Renaissance Learning, Inc., has been selected as

the contractor for the new FLKRS. • Will administer FLKRS using Star Early Literacy• Competitive bid process • Responses to the FDOE’s invitation to

negotiate (ITN) narrowed three finalists. • Three-year contract with the option for three

1-year renewals• Star Early Literacy is currently in use in some

Florida districts.


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Milestones• June Regional Train-the-Trainer Sessions on Star Early Literacy

• June 13 (Tampa), June 14 (Miami), June 15 (Orlando), June 19 (Tallahassee), June 22 (Jacksonville)

• Designed for district-level staff who will train school-level staff, who will administer the assessment

• See email from Victoria Ash sent 3/21/17, or contact Ed Croft at [email protected]

• FLKRS testing window for 2017-18 opens July 10, 2017• Testing window closes October 20, 2017

• Per statute, schools MUST test students within the first 30 days of their respective start dates.


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Additional Key Dates/Event

• Florida Association of MIS Directors (FAMIS), Annual Conference

• Location/Date: Hilton Daytona Beach Resort/Ocean Walk Village; Tuesday, June 27 – Thursday, June 29

• Renaissance Learning presentation on system requirements and setup of Star Early Literacy platform:

Date/time: Tuesday, June 27 Presentation starts at 12:30 (tentatively)

• Conference website: http://www.famisonline.org/famis-2017-conference


http://www.famisonline.org/famis-2017-conference

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State Board Rule Development

• Florida Kindergarten Readiness Rate Calculation• Administrative Rule 6M-8.601

• Readiness rate calculation for use in evaluating VPK providers, accountability

• Benchmark score(s) TBD• Notice of rule development – see Florida

Administrative Code and Register website at https://www.flrules.org/ (type in “6M-8.601” in Search field)


https://www.flrules.org/

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Key FDOE Program Areas and Contacts• Florida Office of Early Learning (OEL):

http://www.floridaearlylearning.com/• Toll-free number: 866-357-3239

• OEL contacts: http://www.floridaearlylearning.com/about_us/oel_contacts.aspx

• VPK: http://www.floridaearlylearning.com/vpk.aspx• Rule revision (6M-8.601), kindergarten readiness calculation

• Just Read, Florida!: http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/just-read-fl/

• Progress Monitoring and Reporting Network (PMRN) and past administration of FLKRS

• Email contact: [email protected]; phone (850) 245-0503


http://www.floridaearlylearning.com/

http://www.floridaearlylearning.com/about_us/oel_contacts.aspx

http://www.floridaearlylearning.com/vpk.aspx

http://www.fldoe.org/academics/standards/just-read-fl/


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Key Contacts for Star Early Literacy Implementation

• FDOE FLKRS Implementation Contacts:

• Ed Croft, Program Specialist, K-12 Student Assessment: [email protected]

• Cassandra Grayson, Program Support: [email protected]

• Vince Verges, Director, Office of Assessment; Program Manager: [email protected]

• Renaissance Learning Contacts:

• Renaissance Place setup requirements: [email protected]






Florida K-ReadinessMay 3rd Webinar

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Our mission:

“To accelerate learning for all children andadults of all ability levels and ethnic and social

backgrounds, worldwide.”


Agenda

• Setting Up Renaissance Place for K-Readiness Screener

• Overview of the Star Early Literacy Assessment

• Assessing Students

• Overview of K-Readiness reports • Student, Class, School, and District

• Support and Resources

• Q & A

Setting up Renaissance Place:


Rostering students

• Florida K-Readiness Renaissance Place site will be setup for each public district

• Three options for rostering students

1. Districts and schools with active Renaissance products for the 2017-2018 school year

will have their K student roster information moved to their district K-Readiness site.

2. Submitting roster template

3. Manually entering K student roster information into Renaissance Place


Rostering studentsColumn Letter Column ID Column Definition Entry Criteria Additional Notes

A District District Name Alphanumeric

B DistrictID District Code – DCF Numeric, 01-99

C School School Name Alphanumeric

D SchoolID School Code – DCF Numeric, 0000-9999

E SFirst Student First Name Alpha

F SMiddle Student Middle Name or Initial Alpha or blank

G SLast Student Last Name Alpha

H SID Student ID/District-Based Alphanumeric or blank

I SUsername Student User Name Alphanumeric or blank

We highly encourage you to use the student ID as the student username. If no student username is entered, one will be auto-generated, E.G. John Smith = JSMIT, if there is more than one John Smith at your school, or even a Jane Smith, their auto generated user name will be JSMIT1.

J SStateID Student ID - Florida Education ID Alphanumeric

K SRace Race/Ethnicity

C=White (not of Hispanic origin) B=Black (not of Hispanic origin) H=HispanicA=Asian/Pacific Islander I=American Indian/Alaskan Native M=Multiracial/Ethnic

If nothing is selected then it's automatically entered as unknown.

L SGender Student Gender 'M', 'F' Blank=Unassigned

M SBirthday Student Date of Birth MM/DD/YYYY, blank

N SGrade Student Grade 'K'

O SCharacteristics Non-Participation Status

ADA=Americans with Disabilities AR=At-Risk Students BIL=Bi-Lingual Education ESL=English as a Second Language LD=Learning Disabled LEP=Limited English Proficiency PD=Physically Disabled SE=Special Education

For students with multiple disabilities, enter each code separated by a hyphen, E.G. LD - SE

P TFirst Teacher First Name Alpha

Q TLast Teacher Last Name Alpha

R TID Teacher ID/District-Based Alphanumeric or blank An ID will be auto generated if no ID is entered

Column Definitions


Spreadsheet Template

District DistrictID School SchoolID SFirst SMiddle SLast SID SUsername SStateIDEast 1234567 Seabrook Elementary 12345 Alan A Parker 1234567 3219871 3219871East 1234567 Seabrook Elementary 12345 Brian Simpson 7654321 4561239 4561239East 1234567 Seabrook Elementary 12345 Jessica C Rodriguez 3216541 6541232 6541232East 1234567 Seabrook Elementary 12345 Jacob Galvan 7893214 3579518 3579518North 1234599 Seabrook Elementary 12345 Leslie McDonald 4563218 7531594 7531594North 1234599 Washington Elementary 12345 Mason Lee Bolton 6547893 9638528 9638528North 1234599 Washington Elementary 12345 Jenna Dillingham 3126459 1237854 1237854North 1234599 Washington Elementary 12345 Ariana S Williams 9517532 8523694 8523694

SRace SGender SBirthday SGrade SCharacteristics TFirst TLast TIDC M 5/5/2012 K LD Jane Smith JS951159B M 4/17/2012 K Jane Smith JS951159H F 4/1/2012 K Jane Smith JS951159H M 5/1/2012 K Jane Smith JS951159B F 1/16/2012 K LEP Jane Smith JS951159C M 2/18/2012 K Steve Jalisco SJ753357C F 3/6/2012 K Steve Jalisco SJ753357B F 2/27/2012 K ADA-PD Steve Jalisco SJ753357


Submitting Roster Template:

• Complete the roster template provided by Renaissance

• Send an email to [email protected]

• State that you are ready to submit your template, include your district name in the email

• You will receive an email with upload information:SFTP site URL, Username/Password

• Upload your document to the SFTP site


Manually entering students into Renaissance Place


Rostering students manually


Manual rostering

Assessing K- Readiness with Star™ Early Literacy

What is Star Early Literacy?

• Computer adaptive assessment

• Contains 27 items assessing early literacy and numeracy skills

• Designed for students who do not yet read independently

• Generally given to students ages 3 to 9

Three key domains:

How does a computer adaptive test work?

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Correct Response

Incorrect Response

Items answered by studentEas

Standard Error of Measurement

Difficult

Star Early Literacy Scaled Score (SS)

300 SS 900 SS

The student experience


Student Login

Launch Star Early Literacy

Early Literacy

John Tyler



Begin practice John Tyler


Begin the testJohn Tyler


Sample item


Practice Items

Monitor Password

Item Time Limits

Pause or Stop a Test(Ctrl + A)

Access reports


Reporting:

• Student

• Class

• School

• District


Star Early Literacy Reports

Student level

Student Diagnostic

Instructional Planning

Parent Report


Student Diagnostic


Student Instructional Planning


Parent Report

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Class level

Class Diagnostic

Class Instructional Planning

Screening Report


Class Diagnostic


Class Instructional Planning


Class Screening

School level

School DiagnosticSchool Summary

Screening Report


School Diagnostic


School Summary


School Screening

School: East Elementary School

District Level

Screening Report

Percentage Tested

Current Score - Median


District Screening


District: Percent Tested

East Elementary


District: Current Score Median

East Elementary

Support and resources


Renaissance Resources


Intro Video


More resources


Renaissance Technical Support

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– Live Chat

– 1-800-338-4204

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