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LESSON 2: The Benefits of KRA Data
While it's essential for children to have a sufficient level of readiness for kindergarten, it's also true for first grade where the academic expectations are higher. You can have an enormous impact on their lives and academic success by preparing them for first grade during the kindergarten year. And you conduct the KRA at the start of the school year, you'll have data to make instructional decisions early on. The following are some of the skills the KRA helps you assess:
  • Language and literacy - understanding individual sounds and word meanings; being able to communicate in different settings
  • Math - numbers, counting, relationships between numbers
  • Social foundations including executive functions - recognizing emotions in themselves and others; resolving conflicts, managing attention; persistence; impulse control and following rules
  • Physical - gross/fine motor skills
The kindergarten year is a key window of opportunity for children to gain proficiency in these areas. The KRA helps you by identifying the areas that you most need to address with your students.

The KRA also provides outcomes data that you can use to dialogue with pre-kindergarten teachers and programs about areas of instruction where there are identified needs.
Watch the video to learn more about KRA benefits.
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The KRA assesses students academically (in Math and Language/Literacy), but it also tells you where they are socially, physically and around their executive functioning skills. This gives you the information you need to address any deficits that students have right now, during the kindergarten year.

The KRA also provides outcomes data that you can use to dialogue with pre-kindergarten teachers and programs about areas of instruction where there are identified needs.