Kentucky’s Common Kindergarten Screen Information for 2025–2026

Implementation Details

2025–2026 Implementation

• Implementation Guide 2025–2026—For more information and updates, please refer to the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) website and KDE email updates.

Prior Settings Data

• View this helpful video on entering Prior Settings data into Infinite Campus: K Screen: Early Learning Prior Settings Instructional Video

Ordering

• 2025–2026 Order Form

Training Information for District Teachers and Staff

BRIGANCE Kindergarten Screen Training

• View the K Screen Refresh Training
• K Screen Refresh Webcast EILA Credit Verification

BRIGANCE Materials for District Trainers (Password Protected)

District trainers can access 2025–2026 training materials from this Password Protected site. The password was sent to district trainers from Tiffany Christopher. Please contact BRIGANCE Support if you need the password.

NOTE: The materials on this page are intended for use by Kentucky district personnel responsible for BRIGANCE training. Please do not make these materials available to others.

BRIGANCE Online Management System (OMS) Training

It is required that each person taking part in the implementation of the Kindergarten Screen (e.g., administrators, teachers, data entry staff) view the following training videos. Teachers and data entry staff must view videos 1–9 (approximately 1 hr., 10 min. total). Administrators must view videos 1–10 (approximately 1 hr., 20 min. total).

1. Introduction and Overview (Watch Video)
2. Accessing the OMS (Watch Video)
3. New OMS Username Conventions (Watch Video)
4. Entering Required Screen Data (Watch Video)
5. Viewing the Screen Summary Report and Online Data Sheets (Watch Video)
6. Group Reports (Watch Video)
7. Screens Data: Supplemental Assessments & Reading Readiness Scale (Watch Video)
8. Parent Report (Watch Video)
9. Resources Tab (Watch Video)
10. Avoiding Common Pitfalls When Entering Data (Watch Video)
11. Administrator Features (Watch Video)

Teacher/Staff Screening Tools

Revision to Supplemental Assessment: 4S (Adds and Subtracts)

Revision to Page C-49 (child page) for Supplemental Assessment: 4S (Adds and Subtracts). If you choose to use this supplemental assessment, please print and use this version of page C-49 when screening children.

Child Pages for Visual Motor Skills Subtest

4A: Visual Motor Skills Child Page

Self-help and Social-Emotional Scales

Parent Report—Self-help and Social-Emotional Scales: English | Spanish

If you are hand-scoring the Self-help and Social-Emotional Scales, please use this page to replace page 77 of the K&1 Screens III (information in the OMS is not affected).

Reading Readiness Scale

Teacher Report and Scoring Form—Reading Readiness Scale

Instructional Planning

Use the Instructional Planning Sheet to plan appropriate instruction based on screening results.

OMS

IMPORTANT: Be sure to view all of the training videos (above in the BRIGANCE OMS Training section) to learn how to access your login information and use the improved OMS! Log in to the OMS.

Access PDFs of the OMS Guides below:

• OMS Teacher’s Guide
• OMS Administrator’s Guide

See the BRIGANCE Screens in Action!

Five-Year-Old Screening Video Clips (11 min.)

Contact Information

KY Kindergarten Readiness Initiative

If you have questions/comments about:

• Timelines
• Deadlines
• Requirements
• Materials

Tiffany Christopher
Program Consultant
Office of Assessment and Accountability Support
(502) 564-4394, ext. 4731

BRIGANCE Kindergarten Screen

If you have questions/comments about:

• Content
• Administration directions
• Scoring
• Interpreting results

BRIGANCE Support
Curriculum Associates