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Meeting Date:
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11/9/2018 - 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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Early Care and Education Work Group (ECEW) Indicator Data Reported by ACPS
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ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
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Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable)
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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 (ECEW) relative to initiatives the Workgroup has taken to drive improved outcomes for children across the City of Alexandria. Data on prekindergarten experience and VKRP have not been previously released but all other data have been published in previous reports.
Between 2016-2017, the baseline year of data collection, and 2017-2018, indicator data suggests a few early improvements. The percentage of kindergarten students with previous formalized prekindergarten experiences increased from 77% to 81%. The percentage of kindergarten students found to be obese or overweight decreased from 32.5% to 29.5%.
Kindergarten readiness indicator data saw mixed results with some indicators improving or remaining the same and some decreases in the percentage of student meeting readiness benchmarks. PALS literacy screenings in the fall remained consistent at 78% for all students. A slightly higher percentage of students met the Spring benchmark in 2018 (85% compared to 83% in 2017). VKRP 2017-2018 data showed a decrease in the percentage of students meeting the mathematics benchmark with 71% meeting the benchmark compared to 76% in 2016-2017. On the VKRP social skills readiness indicator a higher percentage of students met the benchmark in 2017-2018 at 83% compared to 79% in 2016-2017. The VKRP self-regulation readiness indicator saw a higher percentage of students meeting the benchmark in 2017-2018 at 86% compared to 84% in 2016-2017.
With regard to grade 3 SOL performance, comparisons between years are complicated by the changes in federal calculations as a result of the Every Student Succeeds Act. While pass rates generally show a decline between 2016-2017 and 2017-2018, these comparisons are not true apples-to-apples contrasts as a result of changes to the adjustments in the federal calculations especially around student transfers. ACPS has recommended to the Workgroup that the 2018 data be used as a new baseline year for future comparisons as this calculation is not expected to change in the foreseeable future.
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Background:
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The Early Care and Education Workgroup (ECEW) 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 and are repeated here. 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. These data are reported for the 2017-2018 and 2016-2017 school years below. All data included have been previously publicly reported by ACPS with the exception of this year’s pre-K experience, which will be publicly reported in the coming months as part of the ACPS 2020 scorecard, and the VKRP data.
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Recommendation:
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The Superintendent recommends review of the ECEW 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. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr. - Superintendent
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