--- title: Are you Ready to Report on School Readiness? description: Determining a process to collect, integrate, and report data to inform child-ready communities is an expanded way of thinking about school readiness. image: https://www.aemcorp.com/hubfs/ready.png --- [![AEM Blue](https://www.aemcorp.com/hubfs/AEM_Corp_February2018_Theme%20/Images/98ebac2e-d85d-11e6-bb14-0242ac110005.AEM-Logo-Color-regular_image.png)](https://www.aemcorp.com/market-education) ## BLOG POST # Are you Ready to Report on School Readiness? ![](https://www.aemcorp.com/hubfs/AEM%20Micro%20website/Images/Expert%20Page/early%20childhood%20team.jpg) [Early Childhood Team](https://www.aemcorp.com/earlychildhood/blog/author/early-childhood-team) ### By now, most early childhood professionals and those navigating the field of early childhood education are familiar with the term school readiness. Many in the field associate school readiness with its traditional definition, which is how prepared children are to enter and succeed in school. The [factors](https://www.whitbyschool.org/passionforlearning/the-5-domains-of-school-readiness-and-why-they-matter) [that determine a child’s level of school readiness ](https://www.whitbyschool.org/passionforlearning/the-5-domains-of-school-readiness-and-why-they-matter)vary by state, framework, or program but typically include early math skills, social and emotional development, language and literacy, cognitive abilities, approaches to learning, and health and physical development. [All states](https://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/pdf/10_III_IVb.pdf)[ have determined the skills ](https://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/pdf/10_III_IVb.pdf)that children should develop by the time they enter kindergarten. [Some states have expanded their definition](https://www.ncchild.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/School_Readiness_Report_finalforWeb.pdf) of school readiness beyond traditional, child-focused reporting. These states look at not only whether the child is ready for school, but also whether schools and communities are ready to support the children. Children come to school with their own unique needs, shaped by their early experiences. To support the success of all children and families, schools and communities need to be able to address these many needs.  Child-ready schools and communities are not necessarily new. However, determining a process to collect, integrate, and report data to inform child-ready communities and schools is relatively new and not yet operationalized. Most states and programs are not yet “ready” to report on this expanded way of thinking about school readiness. So, we are here to help. To provide a holistic picture of school readiness, it is useful to include and integrate data from multiple sources. [ECDataWorks](http://www.ecdataworks.org/) recommends incorporating data on ready students, ready schools, and ready communities. ![ready](https://www.aemcorp.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ready.png?width=1000&name=ready.png) ## Want to know more? The information above was developed based on the[ School Readiness Reporting Guide: Guidelines and Tools for Creating and Using School Readiness Reports](https://slds.grads360.org/services/PDCService.svc/GetPDCDocumentFile?fileId=33450). 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