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Buffalo Early Reading First Review of 2008-2009 Performance
Data of Students & Classrooms
August 31, 2009
Early Reading First
• Partners– Read to Succeed Buffalo– Bethel Head Start – 5 centers in literacy zone– Child Care Resource Network– Buffalo Public Schools
• Grant– U.S. Department of Education – 2007– $4.1 million over 3 years
% ERF 3 and 4 Year Olds Meeting Target Language/Vocabulary 2008-09
Measured by PPVT-IV Pre/Post
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
3 Year olds N= 101 4 Year olds N= 104
70% 67%82% 87%
Fall 2008
Spring 2009
% ERF 3 and 4 Year Olds Meeting Target Upper Case Letter Knowledge 2008-09
Measured by PALS-Pre-K Pre/Post
% ERF 3 and 4 Year Olds Meeting Target Concepts of Print 2008-09
Measured by OSELAS Pre/Post
% ERF 3 and 4 Year Olds Meeting Target Phonemic Awareness 2008-09
Measured by CIRCLES (modified) Pre/Post
Adult-Child & Peer InteractionsMeasured by ECERS Interaction Scale
(7=Excellent)
Literacy & Print-Rich EnvironmentMeasured by ELLCO Checklist (Scale 1-41)
Comparison of Average Gains in Chronological Age & Development Age of 3 and 4 Year Olds (Measure of growth in oral language/vocabulary by PPVT-IV)
4.2
4.9
3.6
4.7
3.2
3.9
3.0
3.8
2
3
4
5
Age
in Y
rs/M
os.
4 Yr old Chronological Age
4 Yr old Age Equivalent
3 Yr old Chronological Age
3 Yr old Age Equivalent
Fall 2008 Spring 2009
N= 104 matched
N= 101 matched
Gains in oral language of children with 2 yrs. of ERF as 3 and 4 yr. olds (N=28)
Measured by PPVT
Fall 2007
Spring 2008
Spring 2009
Bethel ERF “graduates” Performance in BPS Kindergartens Measured by DIBELS 2008-2009 with Progressive Standards
BOY: Initial Sounds, Letter Naming FluencyMOY: Initial Sounds, Letter naming, Phoneme Segmentation, Nonsense Word FluencyEOY: Letter Naming B=40+, Phoneme Segmentation B=35+, Nonsense Word Fluency B=25+
Comparison of ResultsYears 1 and 2
Early Reading First – funded by the U.S. Department of Education
Year/Indicator3 yr olds 4 yr olds
Pre-Test Post-Test Pre-Test Post-Test
Year 1 (2007-08) N=106 N=97
Vocabulary 47% 75% 72% 93%
Letter Identification Not tested Not tested 30% 72%
Year 2 (2008-09) N=92 N=104
Vocabulary 70% 82% 67% 87%
Letter Identification 14% 83% 20% 81%
Print Concepts & Letter Sounds
7% 97% 0% 85%