School Readiness Assessments for Class Placements and Academic Sorting in Kindergarten

Autor/inn/en	Curran, F. Chris; Little, Michael H.; Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Domina, Thurston
Titel	School Readiness Assessments for Class Placements and Academic Sorting in Kindergarten
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 34 (2020) 3, S.518-547 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904818802109
Schlagwörter	School Readiness; Kindergarten; Educational Assessment; Student Placement; Academic Ability; Ability Grouping; Data Use + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Schülerpraktikum; Homogene Gruppierung; Niveaugruppierung; Streaming
Abstract	Kindergarten readiness assessments are commonly used in schools nationwide. Prior work shows that the use of such assessments for class placement decisions has increased in recent years. This article uses the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of 2011 to explore whether the use of readiness assessments for such purpose predicts differential sorting of students across classrooms by prior academic ability. Results from multilevel models as well as other sensitivity analyses suggest that the use of readiness assessments for classroom placements is predictive of slightly higher cross-class ability sorting, particularly in English/language arts. The implications for policy and practice are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01