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Title: Findings from the 2015 statewide implementation of the North Carolina K-3 formative assessment process : kindergarten entry assessment
Author: Lambert, Richard, Ferrara, Angela
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation, Early childhood education
Description: During the first 60 instructional days of the 2015-2016 academic year, the Office of Early Learning (OEL) at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction implemented a new formative assessment process in all kindergarten classrooms in the s...

Title: Findings from the 2014 North Carolina kindergarten entry formative assessment pilot
Author: Lambert, Richard, Ferrara, Angela
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation, Early childhood education
Description: In response to the requirements of the Race to the Top-Early Learning Challenge Grant and a mandate from the North Carolina (NC) State Legislature requiring the development of a kindergarten entry assessment, NC Superintendent June Atkinson organi...

Title: Findings from the 2016-2017 North Carolina K-3 formative assessment process implementation case study
Author: Ferrara, Angela, Lin, Van-Kim, Lambert, Richard
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation, Early childhood education
Description: The 2016-2017 academic year marks the second year of statewide implementation of the North Carolina K-3 Formative Assessment Process: Kindergarten Entry Assessment (FAPKEA). The assessment, developed and implemented by the Office of Early Learning...

Title: Practitioner perspectives on the implementation of the North Carolina Kindergarten Entry Assessment
Author: Holcomb, Scott, Li, Zhi, Ferrara, Angela, Lambert, Richard
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation, Curriculum-based assessment
Description: This study gathered information from practitioners on their perspectives of experiences implementing the North Carolina Kindergarten Entry Assessment (NC KEA). Initially, practitioners were invited to complete an online survey asking them to rate ...

Title: Recommendations for the implementation of a statewide formative assessment process
Author: Lambert, Richard, Ferrara, Angela, Holcomb, Scott
Subjects--Topical: Educational evaluation, Early childhood education
Description: Early childhood assessments should be used to guide teaching and learning, identify students that may potentially need interventions, and improve educational programs (NAEYC and NAECS/SDE, 2003). Kindergarten Entry Assessments (KEA) are implemente...