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ERIC Number: ED622053
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Feb
Pages: 25
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Utah Preparing Students Today for a Rewarding Tomorrow (UPSTART) Report. Report to the Education Interim Committee [2021]
Hernandez, Jimmy; Call, Todd; Throndsen, Jennifer; Nielsen, Darin
Utah State Board of Education
The Waterford Institute recognizes that nearly half of the country's 4-years-olds face socioeconomic barriers that keep them from early education. Utah Preparing Students Today for a Rewarding Tomorrow (UPSTART) is a home-based computer preschool program developed and provided by Waterford to prepare young children for school entry and future academic success. The program offers in-home, early education access to families who are unserved and often lower income by providing support, technology, and internet where needed. The Evaluation and Training Institute (ETI), has prepared this report for the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) to document UPSTART's eleventh year of implementation with students enrolled during the 2019-2020 program year. Among the key findings are: (1) Beginning in the 2019-2020 program year, the graduation requirement was raised from 16.67 total hours to 25 hours. With this new criterion, 80% of the students in Cohort 11 successfully graduated from the program; (2) Students in Cohort 11 used the UPSTART program for an average of 46 hours during the program year. Students who were UPSTART graduates used the program for an average of 53 hours; and (3) As seen in previous years, children who did not graduate were more likely to have parents with lower levels of education, be members of an underrepresented racial or minority group, have parents who were not married, and have higher levels of household poverty than children who graduated and completed the UPSTART program. [For the 2020 report, see ED622108.]
Utah State Board of Education. 250 East 500 South, Salt Lake City, UT 84111. Tel: 801-538-7500; Web site: https://www.schools.utah.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Utah State Board of Education (USBE); Evaluation and Training Institute (ETI)
Identifiers - Location: Utah
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A