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• ​​ISBE has established FY21 KIDS Student Exemption Reason Codes to ensure that the final KIDS report most accurately reflects children’s developmental abilities upon entry to kindergarten. KIDS Student Exemption Reason Codes may be applied in situations in which teachers are unable to complete the KIDS assessment for a specific student. This year, ISBE has added specific codes for situations in which students or entire districts remained in remote learning the entire year. Use of the Student Exemption Reason Codes may affect district participation rates (positively or neg​atively), depending on the reason for non-completion. Please read all instructions before submission.
  • Superintendent Letter for KIDS Exemption
  • KIDS Exemption Reason Codes​
  • KIDS Exemption Reason Code Form​​​​
• KIDS...IT’S THE LAW:  
  Senate Bill 2088​: Establishes an annual state kindergarten readiness assessment in statue, as of the 2021-2022 school year.  The law also establishes an advisory committee to review, on an ongoing basis, the content and design of the assessment, the collective results of the assessment as measured against kindergarten-readiness standards, and other issues involving the assessment as identified by the committee.
  
  
  KIDS will be used to meet this state statute, which means that districts, teachers and the community are already familiar with both the tool and the requirement.​
  
• ​​Assessment Guidance to Support Districts with 2020-21 Test Administration​(Updated 1/11/21)
• KIDS ​FAQ - COVID​​​
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• Fall 2019 KIDS Data Use Guidance
• Accessing Fall 2019 KIDS Data in SIS/Ed360
• KIDS Public Report Fall 2019
  
• Fall 2019 KIDS Report​​
  

• KIDS Data Use Guidance
• Accessing Fall 2019 KIDS Data in SIS/Ed360
• Framing KIDS Data
• KIDS Template Infographic for Districts
• 2018/19 KIDS Report
• 2018/19 KIDS Data Set​
  

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) today released the first-ever statewide snapshot of kindergarten readiness in Illinois. The data cap off the first year of the state’s bold effort to collect readiness data for all kindergarteners in the state.

• KIDS Public Report
• KIDS Data Press Release