Activities and referrals

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Grant Awards
UPK funds directed to
Context
Spent Funds
Context
Programs
Programs

• Program type/setting
• Auspice/size
• Accreditation
• Budget/funding
• sources

Home
vs
center

Auspice/size
Staff professional development and compensation
Transition to kindergarten support

Accreditation
Accreditation support

Budget/funding
sources
Staff
Staff

• Qualifications and
• Experience
• Tenure/Stability
• Other Characteristics

Qualifications

Tenure

• Activities and referrals
• to meet the social
• emotional and physical
• health needs of
• children and families
• Outreach, resources
• and materials to
• engage parents

• Curriculum and
• instructional resources
• and materials
• Assessment tools
• and manuals
• Technological supports

• Staff training and
• education
• Staff compensation
• In-service professional
• development

• Access to full day full
• year services
• Materials/resources
• to facilitate smooth
• transitions to
• kindergarten for
• children and families

Enrollment

Age (range)

Gender

Risk factors

ELL

minority



IEPs
, special
needs

• High-quality instructional practices and
  environment that support
• childrens cognitive, language, physical and
  social-emotional
• development and well-being
• Use of assessment to individualize instruction,
  inform practice and
• communicate with parents

subsidized,
Levels of Program Evaluation
Investment in activities/resources to enhance
high-quality programs (inputs)
Program improvements resulting from investments
(outputs)
Child developmental outcomes
Classroom/teacher outcomes
Child developmental outcomes