Measuring Child Outcomes

Kentucky and Massachusetts

Measuring Child and Family Outcomes MeetingBaltimoreAugust 27, 2007

Today’s Objectives

• Look at how two states are approaching OSEP requirement to measure child outcomes

• Share progress and challenges and how this fits into the big picture

• Have a conversation

• Know that this is all a work in progress!

Vision – It’s part of a larger effort

Massachusetts• Kindergarten Readiness

Assessment System• Universal Pre-K

Kentucky• KIDS NOW EC

Comprehensive Initiative• Building a Strong

Foundation for School Success Series

• Kentucky Early Childhood Data System (KEDS)

Implementation in Phases

Massachusetts• 76 districts in Cohort 1

last year• 77 districts in Cohort 2

this year• All districts by 2011• Collecting progress data

on preschoolers fall and spring

Kentucky• Public Preschool (Pre-K)

– 5 Phases (06-10)• EI – all children (06-07)• Child Care pilot (07-08)

with 10 programs

Common Assessments

Massachusetts• UPK Pilot required one

of four selected assessments

• Cohort groups could use any assessment, but report using COSF developed by ECO Center

Kentucky• Use of 12 recommended

CR/CBA tools• Pre-K selects at District

Level, option to use others per child need

• EI selects one of three at child level

• Child Care pilots select one tool per program

Approaches for Child Care

Massachusetts• UPK Pilot sites are public

schools, child care, and family child care homes

• Children receiving related services only – require a conversation with child care provider to access the information on domains

Kentucky• Pre-K data collected on all

children regardless of placement, tracking placement (07-08)

• Child care pilot – geographic representation, 3 or 4 STAR centers, subsidy provider

• Regional/Community Interagency Agreements include supports for continuity of assessment

Curriculum Standards or Guidelines

Massachusetts• Aligned Preschool

Learning Experiences with assessment tools and OSEP requirements

• Opportunities to look at child development across domains

Kentucky• EC Standards (birth to

5) aligned with K-12, HS, OSEP Outcomes and assessment items

• Quality System (QRS and Classrooms of Excellence -CoE) aligned with EC Standards

• EC Core Content aligned

Motivation/Incentives

Massachusetts• Programs receiving state Pre-K funding must adopt the

Preschool Learning Guidelines and Program Standards

• Embedded into new initiatives

• Part of a larger system –– Kindergarten Readiness,

UPK, QRS

Kentucky• Pre-K

– EC Standards, KEDS required

– Option for CoE• EI

– KEDS required• Child Care

– Pilot incentive package– Voluntary QRS, EC

Standards, Assessment– Must use Credential Training

System

Contact Information

Pat CameronSr. Policy Specialist, Special

EducationEarly Education and Care51 Sleeper StreetBoston, MA 02210P: 617-988-7812F: 617-988-2451patricia.cameron@massmail.state.ma.uswww.eec.state.ma.us

Beth Rous, Ed.D.Director of Early ChildhoodAssociate ProfessorHuman Development InstituteUniversity of Kentucky126 Mineral Industries Bldg.Lexington, KY 40506-0051P: 859-257-9116F: 859-257-2769brous@uky.eduwww.ihdi.uky.edu