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Childcare Resources of Indian River, Inc. Children in Centers Children's Services Advisory Committee MEASURABLE OUTCOMES (Entire Section D not to exceed two pages) OUTCOMES ACTIVITIES Add all of the elements or the Measurable Outcomes Add the tasks to accomplish the Outcomes I .The percentage of Childcare Resources 1 a. The DIBELS assessment will be "graduates" that will enter kindergarten with administered to all incoming kindergarten school readiness skills will increase by 2%using a students in the IRC School District within the baseline of the 2005 DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators first 45 days of a new school year. of Basic Early Literacy Screening). This consists lb. The parents will sign permission forms that of two sections: letter naming fluency and letter enable Childcare Resources to track student sound fluency. This will include only those outcomes in three areas of performance children who were in the Childcare Resources (ECHOS, letter naming fluency, letter sound program a minimum of one year. fluency). Baseline 2005 : 31 % at or above grade level in 1 c. Childcare Resources will compare letter naming fluency. 53% at or above grade level assessment results individually and as a group to in letter sound fluency. evaluate school readiness outcomes. Note: The Childcare Resources Program . Committee decided to use school readiness instead of promotion rates because a) the data collected is from a larger pool of students thus improving the accuracy and b) the introduction of FCAT testing has altered promotion patterns. The IRC School District will implement the Fla. Kindergarten Learning Readiness Screening in the fall of 2006. It will include ECHOS (Early Childhood Observation Screener) and DIBELS. In fixture grant applications we will use the 2006 scores as baseline for comparison. 2. 85% of the children enrolled in the Childcare 2a. Various assessments will be performed by Resources program a minimum of one year will the Centers on every Childcare Resources child show progress in development in the course of the in the fall and the spring of each year. school year as measured by: Speed Dial R, Assessments used depend on the age of the child Devereaux Early Learning Childhood Assessment and will include Speed Dial R, Devereux Early (DECA), Ages and Stages, Kindergarten Childhood Assessment (DECA), Ages and Transition Form pre and post tests (raw scores). Stages, and the Kindergarten Transition. Form. This information will be used to target specific learning needs for each child and to monitor progress. 2b. The Childcare Resources Family Resource Coordinator will deliver Kindergarten Transition Forms to the School District. This information will be used to ease the transition to kindergarten and to alert the kindergarten teachers of the special needs of students. 8