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evidence that when our low-income, often mono-lingual parents are given the tools to support their children’s readiness for kindergarten, they will set their children on a path for long-term success in school.
In addition to home learning environment, high quality early educational experiences have enduring effects on educational attainment in English, Mathematics and Social / Behavioral outcomes in elementary school, particularly for boys, children with special educational needs, and disadvantaged children.xx Additionally, Cannon and Karoly’s xxi review of the rigorous evaluations of high-quality preschool programs demonstrates that serving children one or two years before kindergarten entry improves school readiness, raises performance on academic achievement tests in the early elementary grades, generates sustained effects on academic achievement into the middle-school years, and produces other education gains, such as reduced special-education use. These effects have been demonstrated for smaller-scale model programs, as well as for larger-scale, publicly funded programs currently operating in a number of states. Many of CCRC’s programs offer high quality child development programs to children, preparing them for future success in school. Children in our Enrichment, Mommy & Me, FCCHEN, and Head Start programs experience high quality early educational environments where they begin to experience supportive, academic environments that prepare them for kindergarten.
Methodology of Current Study
To measure increases in school readiness in the children we serve we used the Desired-Results Developmental Profile-Revised (DRDP-R) and a parent report of their parenting skills and their children’s school readiness. Please see the Appendix for specific measurement information on these tools.
Table A. Number of Children Served and Assessed with the DRDP-R and Retrospective- Pretest
Children Served TOTAL: 2,221
Head Start: 1459
Parents as Teachers: 85 Mommy and Me: 420 Enrichment: 24
Family Child Care Home Education Network: 233
Assessed with DRDP-R
1168*
Assessed with Retrospective- Pretest
1,002**
289 (28.8% English) 713 (71.2% Spanish)
* NOTE: Mommy and Me and Enrichment are not assessed using the DRDP-R; PAT uses a modified version for home-visitation; some children enroll late or drop early and do not receive 2 assessment points; some children move from the Infant/ Toddler to the Preschool version within the 6 month re-assessment window and therefore do not have 2 assessment points with the same tool.
** NOTE: This resulted in a 45.1% response rate.
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