The Ohio Early Learning Assessment (ELA) is a formative assessment that captures information about young children’s development across multiple learning domains. The ELA is administered to all preschool children who are attending program sites funded by the Ohio Department of Education and is designed to be used throughout the school year to track individual children’s growth.

About Kindergarten/Learning Learning Assessment

Ohio’s Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA)

KRA measures a child’s school readiness in multiple learning domains.

All Kindergarten children take the assessment from the 1st day of school through November 1. The results of the assessment provide information for teachers to begin to plan individualized instruction for that child.  The results do not prohibit any child from entering Kindergarten.

The language and literacy portion of the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment will meet the reading diagnostic assessment requirement of the Third Grade Reading Guarantee.