East Baton Rouge Parish Prekindergarten Results 200607 School Year

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East Baton Rouge Parish Prekindergarten
Results2006-07 School Year

• Craig T. Ramey, Ph.D.
• Director, Center for Health and Education
• Georgetown University
• Billy R. Stokes, Ed.D., MBA
• Director, Center for Child Development
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Ouida Forsyth, Ed.S.
• Project Manager, Center for Child Development
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Gary J. Asmus, Ph.D.
• MIS Director, Center for Child Development
• University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Carl M. Brezausek, M.S.
• UAB Center for Educational Accountability

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Enrollment

• East Baton Rouge provided approximately 100
  classrooms for four-year-old students in the
  2006-07 school year.

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High Quality Indicators - LA 4

• High Quality Academic Standards
• Pre and Post assessment
• Pass/fail criteria prohibited
• Portfolios to form plans for ongoing individual
  instruction.
• Longitudinal research
• Retention, Special Education Placement, Reading,
  Student Achievement (English Language Arts, Math,
  Science, Social Studies), analyses in the areas
  of SES, ethnicity, gender, student performance
  upon kindergarten entry, teacher program
  quality (ELLCO ECERS-R), collaboration with
  childcare facilities, Social-Emotional pilot
  Performance in Low vs. Mid vs. High Performing
  Schools
• Inclusion
• Comprehensive Curriculum

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High Quality Indicators - LA 4

• High Quality Program Standards
• Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale
  Program Quality Measure
• No Cost to children qualifying for free and
  reduced price meals
• Child to lead teacher ratio 201 Child/Adult
  ratios 101
• Before and after child care (10 hour day)
• Transportation

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High Quality Indicators - LA 4

• High Quality Program Standards
• Summer programs
• Attendance requirement
• Public awareness and Recruitment campaign
• Ongoing program evaluation and research
• Self-assessment of program strengths, weaknesses,
  opportunities and threats (S.W.O.T.) from
  administrators and teachers

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High Quality Indicators - LA 4

• High Quality Teacher Standards
• Certified teachers
• 18 hours of early childhood professional
  development each year
• Highly qualified teacher assistants

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High Quality Indicators - LA 4

• High Quality Support Resource Standards
• Enrollment in States Insurance Program
• Immunizations
• Vision/ hearing / dental screenings
• Parental education, literacy, orientation and
  involvement activities
• Referral to appropriate Mental Health Services
• Collaboration among early childhood stakeholders
• Resource coordination with support and social
  services

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RECAP includes the performance of 3 and 4-year
old children using the ECERS-R assessment in 156
classrooms (not a universal PreK program).
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National Percentile Rank is determined by the
conversion of the mean number of correct responses
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Overview of East Baton Rouge Test Data
No LA 4/SP (19)
LA 4/SP (81)
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Special Education Placements during Kindergarten
for Cohort __
Students entering Kindergarten in 200_-200_
Data is FORTHCOMING!!!! Overall data for NP
preK, LA 4, and EBR will be included in this
chart
n 23,523 n2,994 n
14,841 n698 Z 10.55, Plt0.001
Z 3.51, Plt0.01
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Grade Retention in Kindergarten for Cohort __
Students entering Kindergarten in 200_-200_
Data is FORTHCOMING!!!! Overall data for NP
preK, LA 4, and EBR will be included in this
chart
n 17,416 n 3,132 n 11,785
n 666 Z 7.96, plt0.00
Z 1.91, NS
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East Baton Rouge Parish2007 iLEAP Achievement
Levels
Source Center for Child Development
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East Baton Rouge Parish2007 iLEAP Achievement
Levels
Source Center for Child Development
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How does Pre-K impact School Readiness?

• Closing the achievement gap at Kindergarten entry
• Reducing grade retention
• Reducing referral and identification to special
  education
• Increasing student achievement
• What Outcomes are expected in the future?
• Improving high school graduation rates
• Increasing post-secondary program entry and post
  secondary graduation rate
• Reducing dependency on welfare
• Improving quality of life