GKIDS 2012-13
Pre-Administration Workshop
Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of
Developing Skills
GKIDS: Purpose
• Provides teachers with ongoing diagnostic
information about kindergarten students’ developing
skills in language arts, math, science, social studies,
personal/social development, approaches to learning
and motor skills.
• Provides a summary of individual student
performance at the end of the kindergarten school
year as an indicator of first grade readiness.
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What is Assessed?
GPS Content Areas
• ELA
• Math
• Social Studies (optional)
• Science (optional)
Non-Academic Dimensions of Learning
• Personal/Social Development
• Approaches to Learning
• Motor Skills (optional)
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Assessing the GPS using
Performance Levels
ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Science standards will be assessed
using 2-5 performance levels for each element. The number
of performance levels was determined by the GKIDS Advisory
Committee and is based on the range of student performance
that can be observed for each element.
Performance Levels
– Not Yet Demonstrated
– Emerging
– Progressing
– Meets the Standard
– Exceeds the Standard
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Transition to CCGPS
• During the 2012 – 2013 school year,
Georgia will be transitioning to the
Common Core Georgia Performance
Standards (CCGPS) in ELA in grades K – 12
and in Mathematics in grades K – 9.
• Students in these grades and subjects
will receive instruction on CCGPS in ELA
and Mathematics.
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GKIDS Changes for 2012-13
Given that Georgia’s testing programs should mirror and align
to the CCGPS . . .
• The ELA and Math standards for GKIDS are now aligned to
the CCGPS.
• There are new standards, performance level descriptions,
and assessment activities for ELA and Math.
• The GKIDS website has been updated to include the new
ELA and Math standards.
• The strand, standard, and skill/element level reports have
also been revised to match the new standards in ELA and
Math.
What Hasn’t Changed
• Science and Social Studies remain based on GPS –
there are no changes to GKIDS in these areas.
• Approaches to Learning, Personal/Social
Development, and Motor Skills remain unchanged.
• The functionality and structure of the GKIDS web
application has not change.
• The Performance Level categories remain
unchanged.
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Not Yet Demonstrated
Emerging
Progressing
Meets the Standard
Exceeds the Standard
GKIDS Administration Manual
• The 2012-13 Manual was revised to reflect the
CCGPS standards in ELA and Math.
• ELA and Math Sections updated to include:
– GGCPS Standards and Skills
– Performance Level Descriptions
– Assessment Activities
• Sample reports include the new standards for
ELA and Math.
Sample ELA Standard and Performance Levels
Standard: ELACCKRF1: Demonstrate understanding of the organization and
basic features of print.
Skill: a. Follow words from left to right, top to bottom, and page-by-page.
Performance Levels
Not Yet Demonstrated The student does not track text from left to right
or top to bottom.
Progressing
The student tracks text from left to right OR top to
bottom, but not both.
Meets
The student consistently demonstrates tracking
text from left to right, top to bottom, and pageby-page (e.g., by pointing, touching each word,
sweeping hand across and down the page, or
turning to the next page).
Sample Math Standard and Performance Levels
Standard: MCCK.CC.1: Count to 100 by ones and by tens.
Performance Levels
Not Yet Demonstrated The student counts to less than 50 by ones or
tens, does not count in sequence, or does not
count.
Emerging
The student counts to 50 by ones or tens or
attempts to counts to 100, skipping numbers
along the way.
Progressing
The student counts to 50 by ones and by tens or
counts to 100 by tens.
Meets
The student consistently counts to 100 by ones
and by tens.
Exceeds
The student consistently counts to more than 100
by ones and by tens.
Format and Activity Options
Activities Options
• Teacher may assess by observing student
performance during the course of regular classroom
instruction or by an assessment activity of the
teacher’s choice.
– Sample activities have been developed for each GPS
standard by the advisory committee
– Activities are included in the GKIDS Administration Manual
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GKIDS Approaches to Learning Menu
Category
Statement
a. Asks questions
Curiosity and
Initiative
b. Self selects activities and topics
c. Seeks help when needed
Creativity
and
Problem
Solving
a. Shows creativity by appropriately using materials in unique ways
Attention,
Engagement,
and
Persistence
a. Pays attention
b. Displays imagination in storytelling, writing, drawing, play, songs,
etc.
c. Uses a variety of problem solving strategies
b. Demonstrates increasing task persistence
c. Displays motivation/enthusiasm for learning
d. Works independently
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Personal and Social Development Menu
Category
Statement
a. Demonstrates self confidence/positive attitude
Personal
Development/
Self Regulation
b. Adjusts well to changes in routines and environments
c. Expresses emotions and needs through appropriate words and
actions
a. Treats others with respect in words and actions
Social
Development/
Classroom
Interactions
b. Shows caring for others
c. Follows directions and school rules
d. Respects the property of others
e. Works cooperatively with others
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Motor Skills Menu
Fine Motor Skills
Gross Motor Skills
Putting together puzzles using
picture and shape cues
Walk
Throw a Ball
Buttoning shirts
Run
Catch a Ball
Zipping jackets
Hop
Kick a Stationary
Ball
Building structures with blocks
Skip
Walk with a bean
bag on head
Holding a pencil in a mature grasp
Jump
Chase
Drawing pictures and letters with
pencils, pens, crayons, markers
Gallop
Dodge
Cutting simple shapes with scissors
Slide
Cross the Midline
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GKIDS Data Entry and Reporting
Website
https://gkids.tsars.uga.edu/start
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Data Entry and Reporting Website
• Web-based electronic data entry and reporting system
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week:
https://gkids.tsars.uga.edu/start
• Allows teachers to enter and manage data throughout the
school year.
• Teacher can enter data by student or by element for the
entire class.
• Teachers can generate student or class reports at any time
during the year (on-screen and pdf options).
– Instructional planning
– Report cards, Progress Reports, and SST
– Parent conferences
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Login and Passwords
• All system coordinator, school coordinator and teacher information in the
website from the 2011-12 school year will remain intact unless requested
otherwise by systems.
• School Coordinators should assign login names and passwords to new
teachers at the beginning of the school year.
• System Coordinators should assign login names and passwords to new
school coordinators at the beginning of the school year.
• If you are a new system test coordinator, please contact GCA or DOE for
assistance.
• Contact GCA if you have moved to a new school/system from last year.
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System Test Coordinator Responsibilities
• Your main role is to manage user accounts for school test
coordinators at each school in your system that has
Kindergarten teachers.
• During the school year, you will be able to view system, school
and class reports and search for reports on individual
students.
• Login names and passwords from 2011-12 are still valid unless
requested otherwise by systems.
• New system coordinators should contact GCA or DOE to
receive a login and password.
• System Test Coordinators are responsible for making certain
that schools in the system meet the reporting deadlines.
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Adding New Schools to GKIDS Database
• Please contact Jeremy Granade at GCA if your
system has a new school with kindergarten
students this school year.
– jgranade@uga.edu
– (888) 392-8977
• Include your system, the new school name
and the new school’s facility code.
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School Test Coordinator Responsibilities
• Your main role is to manage user accounts for the teachers at
your school.
• Login names and passwords from 2011-12 are still valid unless
requested otherwise by systems.
• During the school year, you will be able to view school and
class reports and search for reports on individual students.
• Be prepared to answer questions for the school about
navigating the GKIDS Data Entry and Reporting website.
• School Test Coordinators are responsible for making certain
that teachers meet the reporting deadlines.
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Teacher Responsibilities
• Add your students to the database.
• Enter student data in the required domains.
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All English Language Arts elements
All Math elements
All Approaches to Learning elements
All Personal/Social Development elements.
• Remove students from your class list if they move to
a new school.
• Generate student and class reports throughout the
year as needed.
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Manage Students
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Adding New Students
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Ethnic/Race Entry
• In order to comply with federal regulations, please enter the
following ethnic/race demographic information…
• Select One of the Following Ethnicities:
– Hispanic
– Non-Hispanic
• Select all of the following that apply:
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American Indian/Alaskan Native
Asian
Black/African American
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
– White
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Releasing Students
• Use the “Remove from Roster” link to release a student who
transfers out of your class.
• This does not delete the student from the GKIDS database; it
simply takes the student off your class list.
• The new student’s new teacher can acquire the student ONLY
after he/she is released.
• If you enter a student’s information incorrectly when adding a
new student, DO NOT remove the student from your roster
• Use the “EDIT PROFILE” feature to correct student
information.
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Manage Students
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Use Student Search to Acquire Students
• If a student has transferred to your class, use the “STUDENT
SEARCH” option to search for and acquire the student.
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Go to Manage Students
Select option # 2 – Student Search
Enter the Student’s Name or GTID# and click search.
Click the “acquire link” that appears to the right of the name.
If there is no link, then the student hasn’t been released and you need
to contact the school to ask them to release the student.
• DO NOT use the “ADD NEW STUDENT” function to acquire a
transfer student. Once a student is in the database, you
cannot add him/her again as a new student.
– the error message “stunum taken,” means that the GTID# has already
been entered in the database.
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Acquire a Student
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Home Page
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Entering Assessment Data – Select Standard/Skill
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Entering Assessment Data – Assign Ratings
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Entering Assessment Data – Set All Function
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GKIDS Reporting Deadlines
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There is no reporting window at the beginning of the school year
or in the middle of the school year unless required by the local
system.
There will be a mid-year checkpoint in January to ensure that
teachers are recording information in a timely manner.
Deadline for entering GKIDS Data for the 2012-2013 school year:
May 10, 2013. Data received after the deadline will not be
included in Summary Reports.
Student data will be entered at the GKIDS Data Entry Website:
https://gkids.tsars.uga.edu/start
Required Domains: Language Arts, Math, Approaches to
Learning, and Personal/Social Development.
There are no scannable forms to fill out.
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End-of-the-Year Reports
• Teachers may select one of the individual student
reports from the GKIDS website to use as the end-ofthe-year report.
– Strand Level
– Standard Level
– Element Level
• Class, school, and system reports are also available
on the GKIDS website.
• GCA will generate system, and state summary
reports.
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GNETS Facilities
• If you are a teacher at a GNETS Facility, please use the
following procedures to ensure that any student assessed is
included in the home school’s data summary:
– Assess the student throughout the school year.
– Before the end of the year deadline, release the student from your
class list.
• The school coordinator at the home school should do the
following:
– Create a teacher account with the username: gnets(school name)
– Log in using that teacher login
– Use the student search function to acquire the student to that
teacher's list. This will place the student at the correct school for
reporting purposes.
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GKIDS Resources
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2012-13 GKIDS Administration Manual
Quick Reference Guide for 2012-13
Parent Brochure
Sample Baseline Assessment
– These resources are posted in the “Resource Box” on the
GKIDS page of the GaDOE website. Go to
http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-andAssessment/Assessment/Pages/default.aspx and click on
“Georgia Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills
(GKIDS)” at the bottom of the page.
• For instructional support, you may browse the
GaDOE frameworks at:
www.georgiastandards.org/Frameworks.
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GKIDS Contacts
Bobbie Bable
Georgia Department of Education
Assessment and Accountability
(404) 657-6168
BBable@doe.k12.ga.us
Jeremy Granade & Candace Langford
Georgia Center for Assessment
(888) 392-8977
jgranade@uga.edu, clangfor@uga.edu
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QUESTIONS?
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