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3rd Grade Graduation Likelihood

High School Graduation Likelihood

Kindergarten Literacy

Readiness

Program Participation

Statistics

Dolly Parton’s Imagination LibraryPreparing Toledo’s Youth for Kindergarten

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(Program launched)2015

(First full year)2016 2017 2018

(Estimated)2019

(Current Budget)2020

(Forecast)2021(Goal)

Total # of Toledo Children Participating in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

40% Statewide in Ohio 63% in the United States^

How Does Toledo Compare?17% of Toledo Children are ready for Kindergarten

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^ Landry, S.H. (2005). Effective Early Childhood Programs: Turning Knowledge into Action. University of Texas Health Science Center.

* Ridzi, Frank, Monica Sylvia, Xiaofen Qiao, and Jeff Craig (2015). Executive Summary – Examining the Impact of Imagination Library Program on Kindergarten Readiness. Center for Urban & Regional Applied Research.

** Hernandez, Donald J. (2011) Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation. The Annie E. Casey Foundation Center.

┼ Newman, Sanford, T. Berry Brazelton, Edward Zigler, Lawrence W. Sherman, William Bratton, Jerry Sanders, and William Christenson (2000). America’s Child Care Crisis: A Crime Prevention Tragedy. Fight Crime: Invest in Kids.

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