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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Indian River County, CSAC "Jump into Reading" Program F. PROGRAM EVALUATION (Entire Section F not to exceed two pages) 1 . DEMOGRAPHICS : What information (data elements) will you need to collect in order to accurately describe your target population including demographics (age, gender, and ethnic background) required by the funder in Section H? What are the pieces of information that qualify them for your target population? How do you document their need for services or their "unacceptable condition requiring change" from Section B1 ? The Case Manager will be responsible for gathering, entering and updating demographic data on a daily basis using an Excel spreadsheet . Data elements to be tracked include name; social security number; address ; zip code; telephone number; age; gender; ethnic background ; dates regarding inquiry, interview, match, and closure for every parent, child and volunteer. This will allow management to track quality issues such as volunteer yield rates, length of match, premature match closure rates, costs per match, match closure rates and processing time. Note : a separate database will be maintained on each reading mentor program to document unduplicated count. All participants will sign a CSC Release form granting permission for basic information to be used in program tracking. What are the pieces of information that qualify them for your target population ? Clients in Kindergarten through second grade are qualified to become a part of our target population based on reading difficulties, socialization issues and/or high absenteeism . The child ' s classroom teacher documents the need for service, in writing, on a referral form. The Case Manager records baseline data regarding grades, attendance, conduct, and socialization skills on the FOAR (Florida Outcome Assessment Report). She also completes an assessment, in the case file, that details need for service or the "unacceptable condition requiring change and goals for improvement . Any student seeking to participate in the Jump into Reading program for more than one year, must demonstrate progress but continue to show need when baseline data is compared to year end statistics on reading grades, attendance, conduct, socialization skills and pre and post diagnostic test results. 2. MEASURES : What data elements will you need to collect to show that you have achieved (or made progress toward) your Measurable Outcomes in Section D ? What tools or items are you using as measures (grades, survey scores, attendance, absences, skill levels) for your program ? Are you getting baseline information from a source on your Collaboration List in Section E? Are there results from your Activities in Section D that need to be documented? How often do you need to collect or follow-up on this data? Pre and post testing, using the DIBLES (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) will be completed by the Reading Specialist upon initiating a match and at year-end to evaluate reading progress. In schools where DIBLES is currently being used, scores will be shared as per signed agreement . This instrument helps Case Managers establish goals and monitor progress in reading growth. There are five measures that are administered including : initial sound fluency, letter naming fluency, phoneme segmentation fluency, nonsense word fluency and oral reading fluency . This evaluation tool is being utilized statewide at the recommendation of D . O . E. FOAR (Florida Outcome Assessment Report) is a statewide survey developed in cooperation with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Florida. The instrument is based on research provided by our National organization and the Search Institute. It measures outcomes in the areas of literacy, grades, attendance, behavior, promotion and socialization skills as rated by teacher, child and Case Manager oTinions . Information on grades, attendance and behavior is also collected at the end of the Is`, 2° , 3rd and 40' quarters via report cards. Data will be evaluated as a whole and then transferred to each child ' s individual case file. A satisfaction survey for Jump into Reading will also be distributed at ear-end as a 12