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Wicomico County officials flag low kindergarten readiness scores, defend new online KRA and outline supports
Summary
District supervisors and board members debated the new Maryland KRA vendor, administration practices and early results after Wicomico assessed about 1,200 kindergarten students; presenters described local testing adjustments, instructional supports, and social–emotional screening data.
District supervisors told the Wicomico County Board of Education that the state’s change in vendor and KRA process produced data the district has already used for local instructional planning, but that local conditions complicate comparisons with other counties.
Karen Hitch, one of the district supervisors who presented the findings, said the assessment window for Wicomico ran Sept. 24–Oct. 10 and that about 1,200 students were assessed. “As I said before, the new assessment was given at the start of the school year,” Hitch said, adding that the district immediately analyzed results and has used them to guide instruction.
A board member objected to giving an online assessment so early in kindergarten, saying, “I firmly believe that it is malpractice for us to insist that a kindergarten student at the beginning of a…
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