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How Are We Doing?
Even Start Performance Data
2001-2002 and 2002-2003

How Many?

90 Programs
5,843 Families
7,130 Adults
3,467 ESL Adults (49%)
11,020 Children

Characteristics

75% in Poverty, down from 91%
99.7% have less than HS Diploma or GED, about the same
98.8% have less than 9th grade education, up from 87.1%

How Long Do They Stay?

	01-02	02-03
Less than 3 months	26%	26%
4-6 months	25%	20%
7-12 months	47%	32%
more than 12 months	3%	23%

 

What About Student Performance?

Adult Education - Retention

	01-02	01-02	02-03	02-03
	Goal	Actual	Goal	Actual
12 hours + baseline	95%	94%	90%	97%
Baseline + progress	80%	66%	55%	68%

Adult Education - Gains

	Target	Actual
Reading	50%	39%
Mathematics	50%	39%
English Acquisition – Oral	50%	66%
English Acquisition – Literacy	50%	50%

Diploma/GEDs Earned

Target: 23%
Actual: 36% (210 Students)
Congrats!!

Adult Education – Completion of Level

Exceeded target
At 10 of 11 levels of instruction

Adult Education - Completion of Level Highlights

	Target	Actual
Beginning Literacy ESL	23%	94%
Beginning Literacy ABE	23%	91%
Low ASE	27%	83%

Early Childhood & Parent Ed

	Target	Actual
Infant & Toddler Screening	100%	76%
Kindergarten – Language	80%	65.9%
Kindergarten – Reading	80%	73.6%
Grade 1,2 – Reading	80%	73%
HOME Inventory	70%	67%
K, 1, 2 - Parent Initiated Contacts	95%	76%
Infant & Toddler - Parent Initiated Contacts	95%	78%

Early Childhood – Attendance
Goal: 90% will attend 95% of days in membership.
Actual: 74%

Early Childhood – Promotion
Target: 95% of K, 1, 2 will be promoted at end of school year.
Actual: 78%

Early Childhood & Parent Education – Transition
Target: 90% entering preschool will receive transition support.
Actual: 84%
Target: 90% entering kindergarten will receive transition support.
Actual: 86%

Points to Ponder

• Age groups not currently aligned with USDOE
• Availability of comparison data for non-Even Start children
• Need to update assessment instruments in IPQs
• TESPIRS reports 7130 adults while ACES shows 4548 students
• We have 4^th quarter to work on:
  • Adult Ed Progress Testing
  • Developmental Screenings
  • HOME Inventory
  • Parent Initiated Contacts