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Meeting Date:
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11/22/2019 - 7:00 PM
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Category:
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Accountability
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Type:
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Info
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Subject:
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Smart Beginnings
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ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
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Goal 1: Academic Excellence and Educational Equity
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Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable)
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File Attachment:
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Agenda Item Summary:
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The enclosed brief highlights indicator data from ACPS on pre-kindergarten experience, student health as it relates to body mass index (BMI) of kindergartners, kindergarten readiness assessment data, and grade 3 SOL performance. These data are being monitored by the Early Care and Education Workgroup, recently rebranded Smart Beginnings Alexandria, relative to initiatives the Workgroup has taken to drive improved outcomes for children across the City of Alexandria.
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Background:
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The Early Care and Education Workgroup (ECEW), now rebranded as Smart Beginnings Alexandria, developed a set of indicators to establish key data for future monitoring of initiatives put in place by the group on driving better outcomes for children across the City of Alexandria. Baseline data were reported in November of 2017. Several of the identified data indicators fell under the domain of Alexandria City Public Schools. These indicators included: percent of ACPS kindergarten students with prior pre-kindergarten experience, percent of kindergarten students identified as overweight/obese based on BMI data, performance on the kindergarten PALS assessment, performance on the kindergarten VKRP assessment, performance on the grade 3 Reading SOL, and performance on the grade 3 Math SOL.
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Recommendation:
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The Superintendent recommends that the School Board review the Smart Beginnings Alexandria Indicator Data reported by ACPS for possible planning, procedural, programmatic, and/or budgetary changes.
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Dr. Clinton Page - Chief Accountability Officer
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Signed By:
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Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. - Superintendent
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