Buffalo Early Reading First Review of 2008-2009 Performance

Data of Students & Classrooms

August 31, 2009

Early Reading First

• Partners– Read to Succeed Buffalo– Bethel Head Start – 5 centers in literacy zone– Child Care Resource Network– Buffalo Public Schools

• Grant– U.S. Department of Education – 2007– $4.1 million over 3 years

% ERF 3 and 4 Year Olds Meeting Target Language/Vocabulary 2008-09

Measured by PPVT-IV Pre/Post

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80%

100%

3 Year olds N= 101 4 Year olds N= 104

70% 67%82% 87%

Fall 2008

Spring 2009

% ERF 3 and 4 Year Olds Meeting Target Upper Case Letter Knowledge 2008-09

Measured by PALS-Pre-K Pre/Post

% ERF 3 and 4 Year Olds Meeting Target Concepts of Print 2008-09

Measured by OSELAS Pre/Post

% ERF 3 and 4 Year Olds Meeting Target Phonemic Awareness 2008-09

Measured by CIRCLES (modified) Pre/Post

Adult-Child & Peer InteractionsMeasured by ECERS Interaction Scale

(7=Excellent)

Literacy & Print-Rich EnvironmentMeasured by ELLCO Checklist (Scale 1-41)

Comparison of Average Gains in Chronological Age & Development Age of 3 and 4 Year Olds (Measure of growth in oral language/vocabulary by PPVT-IV)

4.2

4.9

3.6

4.7

3.2

3.9

3.0

3.8

2

3

4

5

Age

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rs/M

os.

4 Yr old Chronological Age

4 Yr old Age Equivalent

3 Yr old Chronological Age

3 Yr old Age Equivalent

Fall 2008 Spring 2009

N= 104 matched

N= 101 matched

Gains in oral language of children with 2 yrs. of ERF as 3 and 4 yr. olds (N=28)

Measured by PPVT

Fall 2007

Spring 2008

Spring 2009

Bethel ERF “graduates” Performance in BPS Kindergartens Measured by DIBELS 2008-2009 with Progressive Standards

BOY: Initial Sounds, Letter Naming FluencyMOY: Initial Sounds, Letter naming, Phoneme Segmentation, Nonsense Word FluencyEOY: Letter Naming B=40+, Phoneme Segmentation B=35+, Nonsense Word Fluency B=25+

Comparison of ResultsYears 1 and 2

Early Reading First – funded by the U.S. Department of Education

Year/Indicator3 yr olds 4 yr olds

Pre-Test Post-Test Pre-Test Post-Test

Year 1 (2007-08) N=106 N=97

Vocabulary 47% 75% 72% 93%

Letter Identification Not tested Not tested 30% 72%

Year 2 (2008-09) N=92 N=104

Vocabulary 70% 82% 67% 87%

Letter Identification 14% 83% 20% 81%

Print Concepts & Letter Sounds

7% 97% 0% 85%