Long Term Outcomes: a
Community Collaboration
Measuring school success,
preschool to elementary to …..
Branch ISD Head Start/GSRP
Branch ISD Early Education ServicesColdwater, Quincy, Bronson
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5 sites
245 Head Start, 56 GSRP
13 classrooms
Transportation, two meals, 3.5
hours/4 days a week
Developmental, speech, dental,
physical, vision, hearing,
hemoglobin, social emotional
screenings annually
BISD Special Education
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1.5 Special education teachers and
1.0 special education
paraprofessionals embedded in prek
classrooms
Itinerant speech, OT, PT as needed
Currently serving 30+ students with
IEPs
In the beginning:
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Why connect preschool and
elementary learning?
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>50% of district kindergarten students
are graduates of BISD preschool
programs
GSRP requirement to track progress of
graduates
What?
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Vision: all children enter school ready to
learn and develop skills to allow them to
master grade level expectations
Continuity of curricular objectives, shared
expectations
Outcomes of former students??
Collect (and define) common data
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During preschool
At school entry
As children progress through school
Creative Curriculum
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Preschool assessment, based on
curriculum
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CC.Net
Assessment based on observation
Fall, winter, Spring
Anecdotals on every child entered
weekly, 2 per child per week
Online access every classroom, laptops
for teachers
Creative Curriculum Outcomes, Winter 2011, 4 year olds
Step II
Step III
Total II + III
Language
Development
50%
32%
82%
Receptive Vocabulary
49%
33%
82%
Expressive
Vocabulary
32%
56%
90%
Phonological
Awareness
42%
24%
68%
Social Emotional
Development
56%
33%
89%
Identifies 10 letters of
the alphabet
39%
14%
53%
Mathematics
57%
20%
77%
Numbers &
operations
57%
19%
76%
We’ve had help-
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CISD Technical assistance for Data
Director and for development of
reports
School districts support consistent
data entry
A system to transfer records
efficiently from preK to elementary
Branch ISD Early Education Services
Head Start/GSRP to Kindergarten Transition Summary
Childs Name
Center:
UIC Number
Parent(s)/Guardian(s):
Name:
Address:
Date of Birth:
Teacher Name:
Teacher Email:
Comments: ______________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Translator Needed for Parent(s)/Guardian(s):
Primary phone Number:
Home Language:
Behavior Plan
Male
Female
More than 1 year in preschool?
Specify: _____________________
Yes
No
IEP ____________________
Specify: ______________________
Attendance: (check one)
Above Average
Average
#2 _________________
Home Visits Completed:
#1
No
Health Plan
Specify: _______________________
Referral in Process
Specify:
___________________
Below Average
BISD Staff Summary:
Conferences Completed:
#1
Yes
#2 _________________
For questions or more information please contact Renate Brenneke
[email protected]
Branch ISD Head Start
200 Bishop Ave Coldwater, MI 49036
Phone: 517-279-5830 Fax: 517-278-9045
Yes
Sometimes
Not Yet
Child fluent in English
Mother fluent in English
Father fluent in English
Separates/transitions easily
Functions/toilets independently
Shows interest in literacy
Recognizes own name
Can write name
Respects adults
Respects materials
Resolves own conflicts
Family involved in education
Personal strengths: __________________________________________
__________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________
What to measure?
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Common assessments?
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Screeners—K roundup
DIBELS
Letter recognition
MEAP
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Reading
Math
Elementary data collection-MEAP:
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All students
GSRP
Head Start
No early education
English language learners
IEP students
Results?
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MEAP scores through 7th grade
(2002 preK)
Proficient – Non-Proficient
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Reading
Math
3rd Grade Reading
Proficient vs. Non-Proficient
90%
88%
90%
88%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
Proficient
40%
Not Proficient
30%
20%
12%
10%
10%
12%
10%
0%
All Students %
GSRP %
HS%
Non Early Ed %
5th Grade Reading
Proficient vs. Non-Proficient
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
Proficient
40%
Not Proficient
30%
20%
10%
0%
All Students %
GSRP %
HS%
Non Early Ed %
7th Grade Reading
Proficient vs. Non-Proficient
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
Proficient
40%
Not Proficient
30%
20%
10%
0%
All Students %
GSRP %
HS%
Non Early Ed %
4th Grade Math
Proficient vs. Non-Proficient
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Proficient
Not Proficient
All Students %
GSRP %
HS%
Non Early Ed %
6th Grade Math
Proficient vs. Non-Proficient
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
Proficient
40%
Not Proficient
30%
20%
10%
0%
All Students %
GSRP %
HS%
Non Early Ed %
3rd Grade Reading ELL
Proficient vs. Non-Proficient
70%
60%
50%
40%
Proficient
30%
Not Proficient
20%
10%
0%
All Students %
GSRP %
HS%
Non Early Ed %
Results…
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Reading outcomes decline as
children get older
Very small sample, few ELL children
Transient population
About half of children with IEPs no
longer received Special Education
So now what??
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Focus on Literacy, phonemic awareness
Renewed focus on mathematics
District-wide professional development
Teacher to teacher communication
Kindergarten transition activities
Awareness and referrals
Continuing data analysis