ERIC Number: ED628590
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Oct
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
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Preschool: Grants for High Quality School Readiness Programs. Report to the Education Interim Committee
Collins, Jonathan; Robinson, Jamie; Smith, Jessica; Wiebke, Sara; Throndsen, Jennifer
Utah State Board of Education
During the 2019 General Session, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 166, "School Readiness Amendments," to improve the coordination and alignment of preschool programming. This report is provided to the Education Interim Committee as a summary of an evaluation of and the efficacy of both the highquality school readiness grant programs. During the 2019-2020 school year, both grant programs served a total of 24 preschool programs consisting of 9,864 students with 29% of those students qualifying as eligible students as defined in statute. Overall, students entering kindergarten from high-quality public programs had a higher proportion of students proficient in both Literacy and Numeracy compared to students entering from non-high-quality public programs. High-quality program participants performed at higher levels than the state average in Literacy. Both groups performed at lower levels than the state average in Numeracy. Due to disruptions from COVID-19, the Preschool Entry Exit Profile (PEEP) exit assessment was not administered in the 2019-2020 school year. In future years, entry data will be paired with exit outcomes to evaluate program efficacy. [For an updated version of this report, see ED621958.]
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Finance, Educational Quality, School Readiness, Preschool Education, Student Participation, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Literacy, Numeracy
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 - Evaluative
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Utah State Board of Education (USBE)
Identifiers - Location: Utah
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