Kentucky's Early Learning Profile

The Governor’s Office of Early Childhood has released the 2013 Early Childhood Profile for the Ohio County School District. I have attached this document to the email for your review. Information listed in the documents includes Kindergarten Readiness results, demographics information, enrollment data, STARS participants, and support services.

           

The Kindergarten Readiness assessment was piloted this year by 109 districts throughout the state. Results from the districts that participated indicate that 72% of children in the state of Kentucky are not ready for school without support. This screener was implemented to gain more information and to help identify where our gaps are in Kentucky. This profile is a way to change culture within communities from what you think about early childhood education -- to using data to show what you know.

In the profile there are two different types of screening data used: composite and domain level. The composite score (cognitive areas only) identifies the students ready or ready with enrichments (the social emotional/self help is not included in the composite score). The second area is the domain level scores which show the items on the assessment for that particular level. The box pie chart is weighted score and looks at the national level of children based on the performance in each assessment area. Any community actions should be driven by the domain level. Future profiles will include data about the “prior settings” of incoming kindergarteners. (Prior settings means where the student was prior to kindergarten; State-funded preschool, Head Start, Home, Child care, other.)

The profile is a way to identify what the strengths and weaknesses in a district are. As a council we utilize this information when planning activities during the grant writing process. The Governor’s Office of Early Childhood plans to use this Early Childhood Profile as an exit indicator for how well our district performs at the early childhood level. Schools will have an opportunity to use this as a beginning indicator showing where the student is when they start.

Click the link below to learn more about the Early Childhood Profile or to see how your district rated.
http://kidsnow.ky.gov/News%20Center/Pages/Early%20Childhood%20Profiles%20Released.aspx