© KEDS 2015 FALL 2015 KDE KEDS Updates & Reminders Join by Phone Number: +1 (855) Conference ID:

© KEDS 2015 Major Steps For complete KEDS data, we appreciate your assistance with 2 main aspects of data entry: 1. Complete demographic data on every state-funded preschool student 2. Complete assessment data on every state-funded preschool student

© KEDS 2015 Children to Include in KEDS Required Data for ALL children with an IEP No matter where services are provided Includes children who receive speech-only IEP services Includes children receiving itinerant services At-risk 4-year olds Optional Data for Head Start children without an IEP Tuition paying preschoolers Children in RTI

© KEDS 2015 Frequently Asked Demographic Questions Missing Students in KEDS Do NOT child identifying information to KEDS Phone (859) Fax (859)

© KEDS 2015 Frequently Asked Demographic Questions Children who withdraw, are unknown, or age out 5 Exit Date Mid-year withdrawnRequired End of School YearOptional Graduating/Aging-OutOptional

© KEDS 2015 KEDS Timelines Data Season KEDS Online Opens for Season RECOMMENDED Assessment Period KEDS Online Closes for Season Fall (Baseline) October 1August – October 1November 15 Children who enroll mid-year December 1 4 weeks from date of entry Jan 30 Spring (Exit) April 1 March 1– April 15 May 30 6

© KEDS 2015 Frequently Asked Assessment Questions When to assess? 7 Fall Assessment – close to beginning of the year/enrollment Winter Assessment- only for children not assessed in fall Spring Assessment – close to the end of the school year 6 Months preferred between Fall and Spring assessment District determines exact assessment dates; can also set seasons in online systems to match your timelines!

© KEDS 2015 Changes to Approved Assessments 5 approved assessment instruments GOLD, COR Advantage, Work Sampling, AEPS, Carolina Districts must select one of these approved assessments, and train teachers accordingly.

© KEDS 2015 Collection of Assessment Data ALL required students must have complete assessments: A. Every item must have a score or data are incomplete! B. Every online child record must have a unique 10-digit student SSID, or data are incomplete! C. Every district must ensure that KEDS has administrative access to their online assessment data, each year. D. Many off-site programs and Head Start centers may not be aware of this policy; it is district responsibility to be sure data are complete and received by KEDS. 9

© KEDS 2015 Teaching Strategies GOLD With the Teaching Strategies GOLD, can teachers use the "Not Observed" or "Not Yet" choices? With GOLD, you are allowed to use the Not Yet option for items for which the student has no level of skill attainment; NOTE that is a score that we do receive in KEDS. The Not Observed option is reserved for items that have not been seen, but we do NOT encourage this option as we do not receive any score for such items and must consider that item as missing data. If more than 25% of the items are missing, including those marked Not Observed, that student’s data will be incomplete and will not be included in the OSEP analysis. Posted online > Preschool Users > FAQwww.kedsonline.org

© KEDS 2015 Teacher Accounts Locked out every Fall Coordinator must unlock Assign children to teacher accounts New coordinator? for account

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