Texas Kindergarten Entry Assessment

Your first step is to register your account on CLI Engage:

• New to CLI Engage: Please check your inbox for an email titled “You’re invited to Register for CLI Engage.” Click the link in the email to login to your account for the first time. View our registration video for additional information.
• Current CLI Engage user: Login using your current information.

After your district uploads class rosters, you will see your students available on CLI Engage.

Review the available training in the TX-KEA Toolkit. As part of your training, use the assessment practice area to familiarize yourself with the screener and practice administering the assessment.

Click on the assessment practice area button and then locate the TX-KEA button:

The practice area offers 5 demo students to practice administering the subtests and familiarize yourself with the instructions and delivery of the assessment. Review our how-to guide for additional information.

Download materials and review the scoring guidelines of acceptable responses for the screener measures here: Texas Kindergarten Entry Assessment Scoring Guidelines

Available for both English and Spanish.

The TX-KEA Kindergarten Literacy Screener can be conducted remotely. Review remote assessment administration for guidance.

To access the TX-KEA Kindergarten Literacy Screener, click on the “TX KEA” button in the red Screening, Progress Monitoring, and Observation section of the CLI Engage dashboard (the first page you see after logging in.)

Next, you should see a class with your name assigned, and your roster of students. Use the “Click to Assess in Spanish” button to switch from the English screener to the Spanish screener.

When you are ready to administer a measure with a student, scroll to that student’s name on your roster and click the “Launch” button under the specific measure name.

Once you have started a measure, you must complete it or click the button to “Quit and Discard or Quit and Save” to begin again. To prevent the practice effect, you should avoid administering the assessment multiple times through restarting. Clicking on the crossed arrows opens the view to full screen. Use the escape key to return to normal view.

Instructions for the administration of the individual measures will appear after you launch the measure, or can be viewed or downloaded in advance. Follow the scoring instructions to indicate students’ correct and incorrect responses to the items.

After completing a measure, you will see a summary of the responses. You can add a comment that will be seen at the bottom of the page below the student responses. In this view, you have an option to “invalidate this assessment” if necessary.

Click “Done” to return to your class roster and assess another measure. Once you click done you can no longer invalidate the assessment.

You can also choose to administer the vocabulary and letter knowledge screeners for English administration back-to-back for the same student by launching multiple measures. First, click on the measure you want to administer consecutively until highlighted. Then, select the multi launch button with the right facing arrow and + as shown below.

The TX-KEA Literacy Screener is comprised of the Vocabulary, Letter Names and Spelling subtests. Students will score within the “on track” (green), “monitor” (yellow) or “support” (red) benchmarks ranges for each subtest. These scores assist districts in informing student instruction. The composite score produced can be used to identify students who meet the “support” benchmark because they are in the bottom 25th percentile.

The Statewide Kindergarten Readiness score is comprised of the Vocabulary, Letter Names and Spelling subtests. Students must meet the “on track” (green) benchmark for all three subtests to meet the kindergarten readiness criteria determined by TEA. Districts can use the additional subtest data to make individual determinations regarding students who may require additional support.

Review the TX-KEA Assessment Training. This online training provides an overview of the TX-KEA assessments for kindergarten students , guidelines for administration and reporting features as well as one course for administrators.

As part of your training, use the assessment practice area to familiarize yourself with the screener and practice administering the assessment.

Click on the assessment practice area button and then locate the TX-KEA button:

The practice area offers 5 demo students to practice administering the subtests and familiarize yourself with the instructions and delivery of the assessment. Review our how-to guide for additional information.

Download materials and review the scoring guidelines of acceptable responses for the screener measures here: Texas Kindergarten Entry Assessment Scoring Guidelines (English & Spanish)

The TX-KEA Dyslexia Screener can be conducted remotely. Review remote assessment administration for guidance for TX-KEA.

To access the TX-KEA Dyslexia Screener, click on the “TX KEA” button in the red Screening, Progress Monitoring, and Observation section of the CLI Engage dashboard (the first page you see after logging in).

Next, you should see a class with your name assigned, and your roster of students. Next, click on Wave 3. Use the “Click to Assess in Spanish” button to switch from the English screener to the Spanish screener. The screening subtests are all sequenced in the same color followed by the Dyslexia Screening Results.

Teachers will assess the following dyslexia measures in English:

• Letter Sounds-Receptive
• Letter Sounds-Expressive
• Blending-Receptive
• Blending-Expressive

Teachers will assess the following dyslexia measures in Spanish:

• Sonidos de las Letras-Receptivo
• Combinación de Sonidos-Receptivo
• Combinación de Sonidos-Expresivo
• Decodificación

*Based on data analysis, the Spanish decoding subtest, decodificación, is also a requirement for the TX-KEA dyslexia screener to identify Spanish language students that may be at risk for reading difficulties

See exactly how to administer the TX-KEA Dyslexia Screener in this detailed how-to-guide.

TX-KEA Dyslexia Screener Custom Scores (Wave 3)

English Dyslexia Screener Total Scores: The student may be at risk for reading difficulties if they score below the cut score (Support/red) on 2 of the 2 dyslexia screener total scores of Letter Sounds (receptive and expressive), Blending Sounds (receptive and expressive).

Spanish Dyslexia Screener Total Scores: The student may be at risk for reading difficulties if they score below the cut score (Support/red) on 2 of the 3 dyslexia screener total scores of Sonidos de las Letras (receptivo), Combinación de Sonidos (receptivo y expresivo) and Decodificación.