RESHAPING EARLY RESHAPING EARLY EDUCATIONEDUCATION

RESHAPING EARLY RESHAPING EARLY EDUCATIONEDUCATION

A P-16 SYSTEMA P-16 SYSTEM

What Does Early Educationlook like?

240,000 4 year olds

225,045 children in kindergarten

93,000 children in prekindergarten

396 / 698 LEAs implementing UPK

60% of UPK sites are in CBOs

603 / 678 offer full day kindergarten only

34 / 678 offer half day kindergarten only

80% of 4 year olds are in placements outside the home prior to kindergarten

63% of women worked outside the home in 1998 as compared to 44% in 1950

36% of Black American children live in poverty

26% of Hispanic children live in poverty

In NYC, 42% of children are in homes where more than 1 language is spoken

ELLs by predominate (NYC) language groups, 2005-06

Source: BESIS (ATS), 2005-2006

Russian2.1%

French1.1%

Haitian Creole2.3%

Punjabi0.8%

Korean1.1%

Polish0.9%

Chinese10.7%

Bengali2.6%

Albanian1.0%

Arabic2.1%

Other5.5%

Urdu2.0%

Spanish67.9%

What has been happening? Convergence of Research

– Perry Preschool– Chicago Parent Child Center– Abecedarian– Clive Belfield– Steve Barnett– NCEDC PreK Study– Reading First Data

Increased Funding– 1998-99 $67.4 million– 2007-208 $437.9 million

Increased Legislation– NCLB– Ready First– Chapter 57– Head Start

Leadership/Political Will– Governor’s Educational Initiative– Children's Cabinet– Preschool Special Education Task Force

4%

23%

6%

32%

21%

14%

How Pre-K children spendtheir time

Meals Other

Whole Group

Small Group

Free Choice/Center

Routine

Child Engagement

12%

6%

8%

1%

13%

9%7%

44%

None of These

Literacy

Math

Science

Writing

Social Studies

Art/MusicMotor

8%

73%

1%

18%

Teacher-child interaction

Minimal

Elaborated

None

Routine

Comparison of Mean Proficiency Rates on ORF in Cohort A Schools

by GradeORF

50%

40%35%

42%

62%57%

52%57%

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Overall Average0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2005

2007

Comparison of mean proficiency rates on comprehension in cohort a schools

by gradeORF

34%27% 24%

28%

42%

26% 27%31%

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Overall Average0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2005

2007

Comparison of mean proficiency rates on vocabulary in cohort a

schools by grade

35% 32%

17%

28%

43%

32% 30%35%

Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Overall Average0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2005

2007

What does an excellent early childhood program look like?

A well balanced instructional program

based on research: Multi-State study by National Center for Early Development and Learning

– 2.47 / 7.00 – Instructional Climate (ECER)

– 5.27 / 7.00 – Emotional Climate

Intentional Instruction

Research-based Curriculum

Excellent Instructional Programs

Dedicated Block of Time for Reading

Systematic Evaluation/Progress Monitoring

Use of Data

Responsive Intervention

Alignment between PreK – K – 1

What infracture is needed?

Highly qualified teacher

Extensive professional development

Small teacher/child ratios

Parental involvement

Leadership

Knowledge of research

Where Do we go from here?

Accessibility of high quality programs in any setting or geographic region

Parental voice

21st Century skills

Revised Pre-k standards

Lower compulsory age

Full day kindergarten requirement