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Key dates for the 2024-2025 Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot
Engaging with families to build strong relationships during children’s transition into kindergarten is a key strategy to prepare children, families, and schools for a successful start to the kindergarten year. All Kansas elementary schools are required to partner with families to complete the Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition (ASQ-3) and Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ:SE-2). These tools provide a snapshot of children’s developmental milestones. As caregivers know their children best, they complete both questionnaires.
Since districts first implemented the Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot statewide in Fall 2018, KSDE has gathered feedback on how to best use this tool to improve kindergarten readiness. After receiving positive feedback, KSDE began offering the flexibility for schools to begin partnering with families of incoming kindergarten students to complete the Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot (ASQ) in the springtime prior to children entering kindergarten.
For the 2024-2025 Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot, districts and private school systems may begin screening March 1, 2024. All schools must administer both the ASQ-3 and the ASQ:SE-2 to incoming kindergarten students by Sept. 20. All data (including pending Family Access screenings) must be entered into ASQ Online by Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.
Districts/private school systems should review the following expectations regarding springtime administration of the Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot:
Districts/private school systems are not required to submit an application or survey to KSDE to begin the Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot in the springtime.
Visit https://agesandstages.com/ks/ for Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), guides and “how-to” videos on how to implement ASQ. Stay tuned to KSDEweekly for live virtual ASQ professional learning sessions.
Action Steps to Consider Before Screening:
KSDE and Brookes Publishing partnered to provide a five-part newsletter series of resources during the 2023 Snapshot. Visit agesandstages.com/ks and view “Newsletters” to review the complete series.
KSDE has released new reports so schools can review Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot participation data and results. These reports are available in a new KSDE web application, “Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot.” Schools can review their 2023-24 data at this time. 2024-2025 data will be available following the Sept. 27, 2024, deadline for schools to finalize data in the ASQ Online system.
Who do you contact for questions? For simple questions related to the Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot (for example, looking up a username or resetting a password to ASQ Online), contact Brookes Publishing Technical Support, or call 1-866-404-9853.
For more specific questions (for example, setting up ASQ Online Family Access links), contact the Brookes Implementation Team: implementation@brookespublishing.com.
PreK-12 school staff with questions for KSDE can email Stacy Clarke: sclarke@ksde.org.
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Early Childhood Director Amanda Petersen apetersen@ksde.org
Kansas Parents as Teachers Consultant Lisa Williams lwilliams@ksde.org
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Early Childhood /State Preschool Programs Consultant Natalie McClane nmcclane@ksde.org
SICC (State Interagency Coordinating Council) Consultant Stacy Clarke kansasicc@ksde.org
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Kindergarten Readiness Resources Fact Sheet (PDF) updated January 2024 2024 Kindergarten Readiness Snapshot-ASQ-Spring (PDF)
https://kels.ksde.org Kansas Early Learning Standards website and training opportunities(external link) 2019 Kansas Family Engagement and Partnership Standards for Early Childhood(PDF) Kansas Prekindergarten Guide (PDF) Kansas Quality Network (External Link) Kansas Full Day Kindergarten Guide (PDF) All Day Kindergarten Schedules (PDF)
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