R4K Maryland  

R4K: Maryland’s Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System

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Maryland’s Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System offers research-based assessments, documentation and reporting tools and on-time professional development within a secure and centralized learning portal:

  • Kindergarten Readiness Assessment
  • Early Learning Assessment
  • Multi-modal assessment
  • Online Data Capture and Reporting
  • Student Progress Monitoring
  • Flexible Professional Development

The Ready 4 Kindergarten: Early Childhood Comprehensive Assessment System (R4K) aims to shape the future of early childhood education.

Review the options to learn more about the R4K comprehensive system and its assessment components.

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A comprehensive system that supports the development of tools to measure and improve outcomes for young children

Ready for Kindergarten (R4K) Overview
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A kindergarten readiness tool that allows teachers to measure each child's school readiness across multiple domains

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA)
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An early learning tool that allows teachers to measure each child's growth and development across multiple domains multiple times throughout the year

Early Learning Assessment (ELA)
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