ASSESSMENTS

ELQA FEATURES AND BENEFITS

ASSESSMENTS PROVIDED BY ELQA

Early Learning Quick Assessments (ELQA) are a series of quick assessments that monitor progress in early literacy and numeracy skills during pre-kindergarten and kindergarten. Students’ skills are assessed at intervals throughout the school year so teachers are able to:

• Identify students at risk for not meeting early targets
• Differentiate instruction to prepare children for kindergarten and beyond

Pre-K Literacy

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Pre-K Numeracy

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Kindergarten Literacy

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Kindergarten Numeracy

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With ELQA, administrators are able to:

• Compare district, school, and class performance to ELQA targets

• Identify possible professional development needs for staff

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With ELQA, teachers are able to:

• Compare class performance to ELQA targets

• Determine students' literacy and numeracy goals

• Form small groups for planning differentiated instruction

• Determine which skills to target for whole group instruction

• Share child's progress during parent-teacher conferences

• Include individualized reports in the child's portfolio to document literacy/numeracy development throughout the year

With ELQA, parents are able to:

• Receive an individualized report, from their child's teacher, showing their child's progress throughout the year

• Access content-specific resources to support their child's learning goals

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