Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

During the first month or so, my students will be assessed on Kindergarten readiness. They will be accessed on what math and reading skills they have. This assessment will also be used to gauge whether a student is where they need to be, above where they need to be, or below where they need to be. As a teacher, this will help know which students will need extra help and which students may need more challenging work.
SLO is one assessment I will be using in my classroom. It is an assessment that I will be required to use at the beginning the year and at the end of the year. SLO is a measurable assessment used to see students growth from the beginning of the year to end of the year.
My students will have many informal and formative assessments. They will have worksheets and activities to do after going over a …show more content…
If a student as an IEP, that student will have the help they need during their test. This may mean having them take the test with their IEP teacher or it may mean reading the questions out loud to the student.
My students will be assessed all year long using the GKIDS assessment. This assessment is another way my students will be tested for First Grade readiness. This assessment is an all year thing and not just an end of the year assessment. This assessment is flexible and I will be allowed to choose the activities that I will use to assess my students.
While I do need assess my students, I do not want to rely heavily on tests. A math test one or every other week, and then just assessing everything else should be enough for my Kindergarten students. I will be able to see if they a learning the math I am teaching them and if they are progressing on all other areas that they need for First Grade. Not relying heavily on tests allows my classroom to have more creativity. Assessments are important, but they are also easy to use throughout the whole day while the students don’t even realize they are being