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ISES Presentation Slides. Context & Background. Approximately 46,000 children are assessed two times per year This data is used to support Indicator 7 results One of two instruments are used to make progress determinations The DRDP access or The DRDP R. What is Indicator 7?.
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Context & Background • Approximately 46,000 children are assessed two times per year • This data is used to support Indicator 7 results • One of two instruments are used to make progress determinations • The DRDP access or • The DRDP R
What is Indicator 7? • Indicator 7 reports the progress of children served in ECSE programs across State funded programs • Progress Statements & Summaries are made for three OSEP indicators • Social-Emotional Development (OSEP 1) • Early Learning (OSEP 2) • Behaviors to Meet Needs (OSEP 3)
Looking at Statewide Growth & Progress • Growth is hard to pin-down because of a few factors that are unique to ECSE programs: • Duration of ECSE services varies: Children enter at different times in their early school careers. Service delivery is not-standardized. • Intensity of ECSE services varies: some children receive more services for a longer period of time • Child Level Skills and Abilities Vary: Children enter ECSE programs with a wide range of skills and abilities
Still we persist… • Despite these barriers, CDE is investigating and analyzing data to create some meaningful growth indicators • Some initial findings include the following: • As expected, very few children lose skills during their ECSE programs • Unofficial estimates suggest that less than two percent of children show lack of progress • Nearly all children show evidence of maintenance and progress towards state Standards
Growth relationship between the indicators • Growth one OSEP area is also mediated by a child’s growth level in the other OSEP areas • The following correlation matrixes show that growth in one area corresponds to growth in other areas
General Summary of Some Growth Trends • Growth across domains is highly correlated • Further investigation is necessary to look at the growth-by-entry analysis • For all practical purposes, we expect more growth on the R instrument when we examine the exiting cohort • Its scaled differently • Typically children are higher functioning