NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Back to results
ERIC Number: ED571253
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Mar
Pages: 27
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
SPARK RttT: Year Two Fidelity and Implementation
Grossman, Liz; Purses, Teresa; O'Neill, Adrienne; Gelb, Adele; Ross, Kimberly; Ughrin, Christina
Stark Education Partnership
Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids (SPARK) is a school readiness program for children ages three to five that assists families with preparing their children for kindergarten in the areas of reading, language, and social skills. Program completion is determined by the presentation and facilitation of a minimum of eight lessons taught sequentially. Additional screenings and referrals are also provided to families. Since 2003, SPARK has helped more than 5,300 Ohio families prepare and transition their children to kindergarten. Initially directed by the Sisters of Charity Foundation of Canton, today the Early Childhood Resource Center (ECRC) manages the SPARK program (http://sparkohio.org/what-is-spark/). In 2013, SPARK Ohio was awarded an Ohio Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant. The SPARK Race to the Top (RttT) pilot sites and this Implementation and Fidelity Evaluation Report focus on 4-year olds in the program from Sandy Valley, Logan Elm, Mississinawa, Franklin Monroe, and Minerva. This report, similar to the 2014 Year One report, mirrors the methodology previously used by the former SPARK evaluator, Dr. Peter J. Leahy, to evaluate replication sites. In conducting those evaluations, Dr. Leahy wrote the SPARK Evaluation and Data Protocol Manual to identify relevant research questions. Research questions numbered in this document are drawn from the manual. Dr. Leahy's team used these questions to develop survey instruments for SPARK program directors, supervisors, Parent Partners, and members of the Responsive Services Team, which are employed in both the Year One and Year Two evaluations. Data for this report comes from entries in the SPARK Management Information System (MIS), responses to survey instruments by SPARK program directors, supervisors, Parent Partners, and members of the Responsive Services Team, interviews with administrators, and focus groups with parents. [For "SPARK RttT: Year One Fidelity and Implementation," see ED559732.]
Stark Education Partnership. 400 Market Avenue North Suite B Plaza, Canton, OH 44702. Tel: 330-452-0829; Fax: 330-452-2009; Web site: http://www.edpartner.org
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Stark Education Partnership
Identifiers - Location: Ohio
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Race to the Top
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A