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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Are supports available to all students?
  • As an administrator, can I have access to the KRA to see the progress of teachers and students in my school?
  • Can a fidget be used with a child during the KRA?
  • Can a student answer in Spanish?
  • Can a student retake an item?
  • Can an ESOL teacher administer the KRA?
  • Can I change a student's score once I've entered it into Ready for Kindergarten Online?
  • Can I change my email in the Ready for Kindergarten Online system?
  • Can I change my name in the Ready for Kindergarten Online system?
  • Can I pull score sheets after the November 1 deadline?
  • Can I upload video evidence into Ready for Kindergarten Online?
  • Can parents download the app?
  • Can parents opt out of having their child take the KRA?
  • Can substitute teachers administer the KRA?
  • Do I need to set up a new password to access the new system?
  • Do students repeating kindergarten participate in the assessment both years?
  • Does everyone start off with their default password as welcome?
  • How are changes made to student demographics?
  • How are entering kindergarten students identified as English language learners (ELLs)?
  • How are students assessed?
  • How are teachers trained to administer the KRA?
  • How can the supplementary aids and services be included in the administration of KRA items?
  • How do I know if I'm using the most current version of a browser?
  • How do teachers introduce the KRA to students?
  • How does a teacher get changed within the system (either because a teacher goes on maternity leave, medical leave, etc)?
  • How does pointing to a picture reduce the language load?
  • How does the KRA compare with current kindergarten assessments used in the State (MMSR – Maryland)?
  • How does the KWAPT raw score relate to the Oral Proficiency Score?
  • How long does the KRA take to administer?
  • How many items can I administer on the KRA app? 
  • How many of each type of item are there on the KRA?
  • How many versions of the KRA App are there?
  • How should we interpret the results of the KRA for an ELL?
  • How will I use the computer-based system if my classroom does not have functioning Wi-Fi?
  • How will teachers find out what students know and are able to do?
  • How will teachers handle assessing students who enroll late or transfer from another school?
  • How will teachers share assessment information with parents?
  • How will teachers use the computer-based system – all of the time or just during the KRA?
  • How would a child using a device to respond be able to answer without having access to a symbol that represents his/her answer?
  • How would the KRA be administered at a French immersion school?
  • I don't see a save or submit button when I'm entering scores in Ready for Kindergarten Online. Am I missing something?
  • If a child is not verbally responsive an item, what latitude does the teacher have?
  • If I assess students in the beginning but notice they do really well toward the end of the window, do I retest?
  • If I haven't passed the simulator or the content assessment, can I administer the KRA?
  • If the test administrator can speak the student’s home language, can he/she translate words for the student?
  • Is it necessary to complete paperwork if other people are in the room when the assessment is given?
  • Is the KRA intended for use as a formative assessment?
  • Is the option to receive "Not Scorable" available on the KRA?
  • Is the teacher supposed to score test items or is it built into the computer-based system?
  • Is there a fee for the app?
  • Is there a cutoff date for administering the assessment as there was with the MMSR?
  • Is there a specific sequence for assessing students?
  • Is this the only data that teachers will use for grouping students for instructional purposes?
  • My district wants me to use local assessments (mostly early reading/math diagnostics). How does the KRA relate to these?
  • My kit doesn't include paper for my students to write their names/words on. Should the paper be in the kit?
  • Observations can be subjective. How will this assessment fix that?
  • Should the school document any attempts to contact families for a meeting?
  • What are the areas being assessed?
  • What browser can I use with Ready for Kindergarten Online?
  • What constitutes "not within a student's abilities" to access the KRA items?
  • What devices can I use to run the app?
  • What devices can I use with Ready for Kindergarten Online?
  • What do I do if a new student is added to my class?
  • What do I do if a student is missing from my class roster?
  • What do I do if a student is missing from the roster in the app?
  • What do I do if a student transfers into my class during the KRA administration window?
  • What do I do if I forgot my login or password for Ready for Kindergarten Online? 
  • What do I do if I forgot my login or password to use the app? 
  • What do I do if I was just hired and I'm not in the system?
  • What do I do if I'm missing something from my KRA kit?
  • What do I do if the information about a student in my class is incorrect?
  • What do we do if a student moves out of state at any point and the assessment could not be complete?
  • What if a child has a broken bone for the duration of the testing window?
  • What is the administration timeline?
  • What is the difference between the score of “0” and “Not Scorable”?
  • What is the purpose of the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA)?
  • What is the required training to administer the KRA?
  • What role should the IEP/504 team have in deciding whether or not items can be administered with allowable supports?
  • What should a teacher do if a student does not want to complete an assessment task?
  • What technological components are required?
  • What type of data will teachers receive from the KRA?
  • What will be included in my KRA Kit?
  • What will I use instead of the computer-based system if I don’t have any connectivity?
  • When a student completes assessment items in the app, where do their scores go?
  • When a student’s IEP identifies that s/he has limited expressive communicative ability, can the teacher reword an item?
  • When a student’s IEP lists “paraphrasing directions” as an accommodation, can a teacher paraphrase/alter the script?
  • When I log into the Ready for Kindergarten Online system will I be able to see my students' app scores?
  • When students split their day between Kindergarten and first grade classroom, should they be assessed?
  • Where can I find and print score sheets in Ready for Kindergarten Online?
  • Where do I get the app?
  • Where do I go to install the desktop version of the KRA App?
  • Where do I go to install the iPad version of the KRA App?
  • Which members of the student’s instructional team will be trained on the assessment to provide input on decision-making?
  • Which supports are unique to students with disabilities?
  • Who administers the KRA?
  • Who can administer the assessment?
  • Who is assessed with the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment?
  • Who should not receive Level the Field supports?
  • Who updates a child's demographic information if s/he becomes eligible for special education services?
  • Why are my scores or comments not saving?
  • Why is my data is not saving in spreadsheet mode? I'm getting "Error! Please try again later!".
  • Why is there an extra item on the Language and Literacy form?
  • Why should we involve the student’s family?
  • Will all items be administered to students with disabilities?
  • Will Maryland require the participation of all students with disabilities on the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA)?
  • Will my school be held accountable for children who do poorly on the KRA?
  • Will the app save me time?
  • Will the app work for teachers in states outside of the states of Ohio and Maryland?
  • Will the “Not Scorable” option be available to observational items?
  • Will the KRA assessment information from my classroom or my school be posted online?
  • Will the KRA take away instructional time?
  • Will the school systems be required to enter the prior care for each incoming kindergartener as they did for the MMSR?
  • Will this [the KRA] be part of a teacher’s performance evaluation?
  • With a seven to eight week assessment window for the KRA, does it matter when teachers assess the students?
  • With whom can I use Level the Field supports?
  • Would an ASL interpreter need to be formally KRA trained?
 
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