Early Learning Assessment for Administrators

Ohio’s Early Learning Assessment (ELA) is an observational assessment consisting of skill progressions aligned to Ohio’s Early Learning and Development Standards. The Early Learning Assessment covers seven domains of school readiness: Social Foundations, Language and Literacy, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Physical Well-Being and Motor Development, and Fine Arts. 

• Recording forms are now located on the Early Learning Assessment for Teachers page.

Assessment Data Manager Role

A Data Manager is the individual who has access to teacher and student demographic information for the Early Learning Assessment. It is this person’s responsibility to add teachers, students, and enrollment data to the Ready for Kindergarten Online system.  To establish a Data Manager account in the Ready for Kindergarten Online system, an individual must be selected by the program or district to serve in this capacity. For all ODE licensed programs, the OEDS administrator must assign an Assessment Data Manager-Preschool and Kindergarten in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS).  

ODJFS licensed programs with an open ODE issued IRN should also assign the role “Assessment Data Manager-Preschool and Kindergarten” in the Ohio Educational Directory System (OEDS) to gain access. If an ODJFS licensed program does not have and open ODE issued IRN, the program administrator should contact the ELA Help Desk at 844-K12-OHIO (844-512-6446) or visit http://www.ohio-k12.help/, to get started.  
 

directions: 

• ​Assigning Roles in OEDS, and 
• Establishing a New Organization in OEDS

Data Manager Training

Archived webinars for Data Managers are available here.  

ASSESSMENT WINDOWS

Training 

Archived Webinars
Ohio K12 Help archives webinars for the early care and education programs that are using the Ohio Early Learning Assessment. The webinars can be accessed here. 

Early Learning Assessment Training

There are several professional development opportunities for early care and education professionals to learn about the Early Learning Assessment.  Administrators may find the Early Learning Assessment (ELA) Jump Start modules are a good place to start. The ELA Jump Start is a set of on-demand modules that provide an introduction to the ELA and are a resource for educators and administrators that would like to know more about the purpose, and general implementation of the ELA. Registration can be done through the Ohio Professional Registry and are open to all. Please visit the Early Learning Assessment for Teachers for additional training opportunities and registration information.

Early Learning Assessment Materials

Electronic materials are available from the Ready for Kindergarten Online (KReady) Professional Development site. For more information on how to access the materials and printing guidance, please click here.

Printed copies of Ohio's Comprehensive Early Learning Assessment (ELA) and/or Ohio's ELA Ten Required Learning Progressions are now available. Administrators, data managers or test coordinators in OEDS or OCLQS can order materials by completing the Early Learning Assessment Order Form.

The Comprehensive Early Learning Assessment  is the full version of the ELA tool, including seven domains of growth and development, 32 learning progressions, 72 skills, knowledge and behaviors (SKBs); this version also includes the embedded adaptations. 

The Ten Required Learning Progressions is the version of the ELA tool that includes a subset of the 10 learning progressions (24 SKBs) that are required for ECE grantee and PSE programs. 

The Early Learning Assessment - Adaptations follow the same Learning Progressions and level descriptors as the full ELA and can be found in the Comprehensive Early Learning Assessment . The Adaptations is a subset and provide examples of possible observational variations of each SKB for children with identified disabilities and for children who are developing differently from expected norms and not yet identified as having a disability. These examples include the use of alternate communication techniques and assistive devices, providing those implementing the ELA with a broader scope for the SKBs exhibited across all domains of the ELA. Early learning professionals are encouraged to refer to these adaptations when interpreting observational evidence, recognizing that children with disabilities might display the developmental SKBs in a different manner. 

Access Ready for Kindergarten Online (KReady)

Registered ODE- and OJDFS-licensed programs access the system at http://ohio.kready.org/login.

If your program is new to using the KReady system, the program administrator should contact the Help Desk for assistance on getting started.  Please call ELA Help Desk at 844-K12-OHIO (844-512-6446) or visit http://www.ohio-k12.help/.

Last Modified: 5/17/2023 3:45:36 PM