Mississippi Kindergarten Screener

Background Information

Requirements for assessment and screening in kindergarten involve a continual evaluation through a variety of techniques, procedures, and tools to determine each child’s needs. It is recommended that students who show deficits on developmental screenings be given an intervention, which may be administered and documented by the classroom teacher. The student can then be given a follow-up screener to determine if the intervention was successful. If the student has not made sufficient progress, an additional intervention may be put in place, or the student may be referred for an evaluation for special education services, if data collected supports the suspicion of a disability. When making a referral, districts should follow their Child Find procedures.

Kindergarten Recommendation for Implementation

Video Introduction to the BRIGANCE Early Childhood Screens III (25 min.)

The BRIGANCE Screens III is recommended to be used as a readiness screener for all children in Grades K and 1 to determine areas of strength and areas of improvement. For more detailed information on Kindergarten assessment and screening, visit the Mississippi Department of Education Office of Early Childhood: Kindergarten Guidelines (2018) at MDEK12.org/EC.

Online Educator Learning (OEL) for the BRIGANCE Screens III

The OEL course provides guidance on how to prepare for, conduct, and analyze results from the BRIGANCE Screens III. Your credentials and website login directions for the OEL were sent via email. If you need assistance with logging in to the OEL, please email BRIGANCE@brigance.com.
Access the OEL Course for the Screens III

Teacher/Staff Screening Tools

Child Page for Visual Motor Skills Subtest

• 4A: Visual Motor Skills (K)

Self-help and Social-Emotional Scales

• Parent Report for K & 1: English | Spanish

Scoring Tools

• Chronological Age Calculator
• Screens III Scoring Tool
• Screens III Self-help and Social-Emotional Scales Scoring Tool

Sharing Screening Results with Families

• Sharing Screens III Results with Families—2-Year-Old—Grade 1: English | Spanish

Screening Children with Special Considerations

• Screening Children with Special Considerations 

Correlations

Common Core State Standards to EC Screen III (K Screen)

Online Management System (OMS)

The Screens III OMS is an online system for managing children’s screening data. An easy-to-use graphical interface allows educators to access and review reports for individuals, classes, schools, and districts. The OMS generates a Screening Summary Report for each child who compares their raw score to the cutoff scores for delays and giftedness and provides normative scores for each domain assessed. The Group Screening Summary Report aggregates this information for analyzing data across groups.

Contact Information

BRIGANCE Early Childhood Screens III

For questions about materials, content, administration directions, scoring, or interpreting results, please contact Curriculum Associates Customer Service at (800) 225-0248, option 4 or email BriganceSupport@cainc.com.

BRIGANCE Online Management System (OMS)

For questions about:

• Technical issues (such as login access, difficulties printing reports, etc.)
• Guidance on using the reports found in the OMS
• Timeliness, deadlines, requirements for entering data into the OMS
• Infinite Campus questions

Please email EarlyChildhood@MDEK12.org or open a case through WSupport@cainc.com or (800) 225-0248, option 6. Please include your name, your school's name and the best way to contact you. A member of the Technical Support team will be in touch promptly.