Entering KTEA-3 Brief Scores

The KTEA™–3 Brief is an individually administered, norm-referenced measure of core academic skills for grades prekindergarten through 12, or ages 4 through 25. Three achievement domains are measured by the KTEA–3 Brief: reading (single word reading and passage comprehension), mathematics (computation and problem solving), and written language (spelling and written expression).

The KTEA-3 Brief contains 5 composites and 6 subtests.

The KTEA-3 Brief is manual entry only and has two tabs: Overview and Subtests.

Overview Tab

Administration Settings

This section contains general administration information such as Administration Date, Age at Administration, and Examiner name. Administration Date and Examiner are both required. Optionally, you can specify a Testing Site.

Assessment Demographics

The assessment demographics are as follows:

Field Name	Description
Current grade or highest grade completed	The student's current grade or highest grade completed at the time of testing. This is a required field. If a grade is not selected, subtest entry is disabled.
Medication (optional)	Any applicable medications taken by the student.
Reason for referral (optional)	The reason a student was referred for testing.

Subtests Tab

Subtest display is based on student's grade level. Only subtests applicable to the student's grade level will be displayed.

Subtest	Grade	Description
Math Concepts & Applications	PK-12+	This subtest allows raw score entry only.
Letter & Word Recognition	PK-12+	This subtest allows raw score entry only.
Math Computation	K-12+	This subtest allows raw score entry only.
Reading Comprehension	PK-12+	This subtest allows raw score entry after a set has been selected from the drop-down.
Written Expression	PK-12+	This subtest allows raw score entry after a level has been selected from the drop-down.
Spelling	K-12+	This subtest allows raw score entry only.

Command Buttons

If you click the Back link without saving the record, you will see a message confirming the navigation and asking whether you would like to stay on the page.
Clicking Save updates saves the record.
When data entry is complete, you can click Proceed to Reports to save the record and generate a report.
When the record is saved, the system checks to ensure all the required data have been entered. If information needed for scoring is missing or invalid, error messages and/or warnings will be displayed in the Overview tab. The Overview tab will be marked with a red flag when errors or warnings are present. The record will be saved with a status of “Needs Editing” when errors or warnings are present. Once the error condition is corrected, the error message and flag will be removed the next time the record is saved.