Five-Year-Old Screening Video Clip (13 min.)
Watch this clip to see the rapport between an examiner and a five-year-old during screening.
See the BRIGANCE Screens in Action!
Training
Beginning August 2020, each local school district must administer the Comprehensive Early Learning Observational Assessment, BRIGANCE Screener III, to every public pre-kindergarten four-year-old student.
The administrator of each pre-kindergarten program for their district must complete the BRIGANCE Training Webinar on the MDE website. The online webinar will take approximately 45 minutes to complete and will include the following information: preparing to screen, administering and scoring a screener, interpreting screening results, identifying next steps, and an overview of the Online Management System (OMS).
Upon completion of the webinar, administrators of school district pre-kindergarten programs must complete the Assurances Form and email it to EarlyChildhood@mdek12.org.
Make sure to note on the Assurances Form if your district does not have access to a BRIGANCE Screens III Kit for pre-kindergarten or the BRIGANCE OMS. The Mississippi Department of Education will provide access to the OMS for all school districts and will review the results of the data submitted. If you have any questions concerning this procedure, please email EarlyChildhood@mdek12.org.
The BRIGANCE Early Childhood Screens III (3–5 years) will be used by all accredited public schools with four-year-old pre-kindergarten programs. All four-year-old children as of September 1, including students with disabilities in inclusive and self-contained classrooms, shall be screened. The Screener will be administered twice per year. Screening must be completed in person by October 1 and in May before school ends. Students who indicate areas of deficiency on the developmental screener should be provided targeted interventions to remediate the deficiency, and progress monitoring should be documented by the classroom teacher. For further information, please reference the Early Learning Guidelines for Classrooms Serving Three- and Four-Year-Old Children—Guidelines for Assessment: Requirements for Assessment and Screening.
This webinar recording covers common questions about and best practices for screening, reviews data and resources available in the OMS, and walks through information and tools found on the Mississippi BRIGANCE website.
WATCH VIDEO
This webinar recording will introduce you to entering data, generating reports, and accessing resources from the OMS.
WATCH VIDEO
MS Early Learning Standards (for Infants through Four-Year-Old Children) to EC Screens III
Each child's screening data is entered into the OMS and scores are calculated. The OMS also provides access to materials from the BRIGANCE Readiness Activities for teachers to use in the classroom and to send home to families. Log in to the OMS.
The administrator of each pre-kindergarten program for their district must complete the BRIGANCE Training Webinar on our website. The online webinar will take approximately 45 minutes to complete and will include the following information: preparing to screen, administering and scoring a screener, interpreting screening results, identifying next steps, and an overview of the Online Management System.
Upon completion of the webinar, administrators of school district pre-kindergarten programs must complete the Assurances Form and email it to EarlyChildhood@mdek12.org.
Access PDFs of the OMS Guides below:
Watch this clip to see the rapport between an examiner and a five-year-old during screening.
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Curriculum Associates Customer Service, (800) 225-0248, option 4 or info@cainc.com
If you have questions/comments about:
EarlyChildhood@mdek12.org
Grace McGrane, WSupport@cainc.com, (800) 225-0248, option 6
