Dear KRA Assessment Data Managers and Administrators,

This message contains important information about the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA-R2 and KRA 2.0) for the 2026-2027 school year.

Administrator and/or Data Manager Tasks To Do in May:

1. Generate and download available reports from KReady and save them locally by May 29.
2. Order additional KRA kits if needed for new teachers. Shipping begins in June.
3. Add new teachers to the KReady system and “tag” them with the KRA designation, so they can access the teacher training.
4. Save the date for the KRA Data Prep and Loading Webinar on July 22 at 11:00 am.

Archiving Reports Data managers and building administrators should download any Fall 2025 KRA reports from KReady and save them locally by May 29. The Ohio KRA data from the 2025-2026 school year will be archived in the KReady system in early June. Reports that have been generated this school year by data managers and administrators will be archived in the system and will be available at the user level next school year. After the archive, no user can generate a new report from a previous school year. Reports generated by teachers are not available after the archive. For additional information, visit Accessing the Archive on Ohio K-12 Help.

KRA Administration Materials

Please ensure your current KRA administration materials are securely stored as they will be used again for the fall 2026 administration. Some schools and districts might need additional or new administration materials for next school year. The KRA Kit Order Form is available on KRA for Administrators Webpage. Tests are secure materials. If you need to report a destroyed kit, please complete this Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Document of Secure Test Destruction.

KRA Teacher Training

The updated KRA training will be available in June, and we will communicate with data managers and administrators when the training is live in the KReady system. The KRA training is fully online and self-paced (asynchronous).

User Assessment Tag Functionality in KReady

Data managers will need to make sure that teachers and administrators have the correct “tag” or designation within their KReady account to access the KRA Professional Development (PD) site. This is a one-time designation. Data managers can either make this selection manually or via the bulk loader. The teacher template has a column labeled assessment_tag. In that column, data managers will designate the KRA so that the system knows which users should be granted access to the KRA modules/sites within the PD component. If a data manager opens a user profile, there is an option to designate KRA manually as well. This designation must be made for all users who need access to the KRA modules/sites. If this is not done, then the user will not be able to access the PD component of the system when they click the green Access Professional Development and Resources button from the KReady dashboard. The Data Manager/Administrator manual includes how-to steps for this functionality.

Administration Window Reminder

The administration window for the KRA is not earlier than the first day of July of the school year and not later than the twentieth day of instruction of that school year. The KReady system will open for the next school year on July 1 and remain open through November 1 to accommodate differences in district schedules. November 1 is the deadline for teachers to enter data in the KReady system.

Communications

You will receive communications about the KRA through the DCY GovDelivery system based on your role in OEDS. If you would also like to also receive communications from DCY on other topics, please subscribe here for the biweekly newsletter, Tuesday Times.

To reach the KRA operations team at DCY, please email: KRAHelp@childrenandyouth.ohio.gov

For KReady technical questions, please contact the Help Desk: 844-K12-OHIO (844-512-6446), http://www.ohio-k12.help/ 

Thank you for your continued efforts to support teaching and learning in kindergarten!