Montgomery County Community Indicators

Kindergarten Readiness

Location	2005 (%)	2006 (%)	2007 (%)	2008 (%)
Ohio	36.9	36.9	37.6	40.8
Butler		37.7	38.4	41.7
Cuyahoga		37.3	37.0	40.7
Franklin		33.2	33.4	36.4
Hamilton		36.6	35.0	38.9
Lorain		39.6	38.9	41.6
Lucas		32.3	35.3	38.3
Mahoning		39.1	39.6	42.7
Montgomery	36.7	33.9	33.1	34.9
Stark		37.8	37.8	39.8
Summit		41.7	43.1	48.3

The Kindergarten Readiness Assessment--Literacy(KRA-L) "measure skill areas important to becoming a successful reader." The State of Ohio believes the results will help districts and teachers do three things: 1.) understand children's school entry level literacy skills; 2.) shape appropriate instructions; and 3.) find children who may need further assessment. Ohio now requires districts to administer KRA-L to all incoming kindergarten students during the first 6 weeks of school. Districts are not allowed to use the results to keep a child from entering kindergarten. The KRA-L is scored on a 29 point scale. Students taking the KRA-L are placed in 3 bands that are designed to be indicators of the degree and type of intervention required. Students with scores in Band 1 (scores 0-13) are assessed as needing broad intense instruction. Students scoring in Band 2 (scores 14-23) are assessed as requiring targeted intervention and students in Band 3 (scores 24-29) are assessed as requiring enriched instruction. The state emphasizes the diagnostic nature of the KRA-L and the idea that the Bands are not cut-offs for instructional purposes.

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