The Illinois State Board of Education released the statewide results of the 2018-19 Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS). The state- and district-level data provide Illinois teachers, administrators, families, and policymakers with vital information about the supports and opportunities needed for children to achieve success in school and beyond. KIDS data reinforce the need for equitable supports in school and for equitable access to quality learning experiences before kindergarten. View the state- and district-level data and a summary report at www.isbe.net/KIDS. “Data from the second year of KIDS implementation affirms the importance of comprehensive, high-quality supports for early learners,” said State Superintendent of Education Dr. Carmen I. Ayala. KIDS is an observational protocol through which kindergarten teachers collect multiple pieces of evidence for each student on 14 measures in three areas – social and emotional development, language and literacy, and math – to provide a proxy of readiness for a group of students at the beginning of kindergarten. Among the 115,920 kindergarten students rated on all 14 required measures in fall 2018: 26 percent demonstrated readiness in all three developmental areas, 39 percent did not demonstrate readiness in any developmental area, 46 percent demonstrated readiness in language and literacy development, and 33 percent demonstrated readiness in math. Families can visit www.isbe.net/Pages/KIDS_Parents_Families.aspx​ to find activities to support their children’s learning before they start school or to learn more about the report.