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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: [email protected]
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