Description:
The state contracted with Turning Point, Inc. to carry out an evaluation of the Silver State Kindergarten Inventory of Development Statewide (SSKIDS) Pilot. This project involved the first phase of evaluating the Silver State KIDS pilot funded by Senate Bill 486. To do this, TPI conducted focus groups, interviews and on-line surveys with Teaching Strategies GOLD(R) users and stakeholders throughout the state between March and June 2014. A second phase of the evaluation will be conducted starting in July 2014 to learn more about the implications for ongoing use of the tool. The following evaluation report documents Nevada's pilot project, implementing a common kindergarten readiness tool, Teaching Strategies GOLD(R), in school districts, private and charter schools, Head Start programs and private preschools. These sites voluntarily agreed to use the assessment in their early childhood education programs including infant, toddler, preschool/Pre-K, early childhood special education and kindergarten levels. The results of the Phase One pilot evaluation will inform and assist the Nevada Department of Education in designing the implementation and evaluation of the second year of the pilot and the establishment of a kindergarten entry assessment for Nevada. (author abstract)
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Reports & Papers
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United States
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Nevada