what the 20072008 school readiness data

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March 2008
what the 2007-2008 school readiness data mean for
Kent Countys children
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Maryland Model for School Readiness
Kent County Demographics
Source Maryland State Department of Education
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Maryland Model for School Readiness
Kent County, Summary of Results, School Years
2001/02 to 2006/07

• The majority of children are entering school
  fully prepared for kindergarten work.
• 81 of the Countys kindergarteners are now
  fully ready for school, up from 67 in 2006/07.
• 68 of Maryland kindergartners are fully ready
  for school, up from 67 in 2006/07.

Source Maryland State Department of Education
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Maryland Model for School Readiness
Kent County, Summary of Results, School Years
2001/02 to 2007/08

• Good gains for those most in need.
• 3 of the Countys children need considerable
  support to do kindergarten work, a 3-point
  reduction since 2002/03.

Source Maryland State Department of Education
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Maryland Model for School Readiness
Kent County, By Domains of Learning, School Years
2001/02 to 2007/08

• Improvements across all Domains of Learning.
• The Countys children are well-rounded, showing
  improvements in all seven Domains of Learning.
• Kindergartners demonstrate strongest readiness in
  the areas of
• The Arts (88)
• Physical Development (86)
• Scientific Thinking (74)
• Mathematical Thinking (71)

Source Maryland State Department of Education
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Maryland Model for School Readiness
Kent County, By Scientific Thinking, School Years
2001/02 to 2007/08

• Children require the most support in the areas of
  Language Literacy and Social Studies.
• 66 of the Countys kindergartners are fully
  ready in the Language Literacy domain and 61
  are fully ready in Social Studies.

Source Maryland State Department of Education
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Maryland Model for School Readiness
Kent County, By Gender, School Years 2001/02 to
2007/08

• In the past 7 years, males and females
  experienced gains in readiness.
• 90 of female kindergartners are fully ready for
  school.
• While fewer males (74) are assessed as fully
  ready for school, they are within 7 points of the
  composite.

Source Maryland State Department of Education
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Maryland Model for School Readiness
Kent County, By Ethnicity, School Years 2001/02
to 2007/08

• Gains made by children from most ethnic
  backgrounds.
• African American children made good progress 71
  are now fully ready for school, up from 51 in
  2006/07.
• These gains narrowed the disparity between
  African American children and white children from
  22 points in 2006/07 to 18 points in 2007/08.

Source Maryland State Department of Education
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Maryland Model for School Readiness
Kent County, By English Proficiency, School Years
2001/02 to 2007/08

• English language learners improve.
• English language learners (ELLchildren whose
  first language is not English) are less likely to
  be fully ready than English-proficient children
  44 of ELL children are fully ready for school,
  compared with 84 of their English-proficient
  peers.

Source Maryland State Department of Education
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Maryland Model for School Readiness
Kent County, By Income, School Years 2001/02 to
2007/08

• Low-income children make gains.
• Low-income children (as indicated by Free and
  Reduced Price Meal status) experienced a 15-point
  increase from last year.
• Despite these gains, low-income children are less
  likely to be fully ready than mid- to high-income
  children 71 of low-income children are fully
  ready for school, compared with 92 of their
  peers.

Source Maryland State Department of Education
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Maryland Model for School Readiness
Kent County, By Special Education Services,
School Years 2001/02 to 2007/08
Children receiving special education services
improve. 67 of children receiving Special
Education Services are fully ready for school in
2007/08, a 12-point increase since
2006/07. Children receiving special education
services did not improve at the same rate as
their peers. The gap widened, growing from a
13-point difference in 2006/07 to a 16-point
difference in 2007/08.
Source Maryland State Department of Education
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Maryland Model for School Readiness
Kent County, By Prior Care, School Years 2001/02
to 2007/08

• High-quality early learning opportunities promote
  school readiness.
• Children who are enrolled in pre-K programs (84)
  the year prior to kindergarten exhibit higher
  school readiness levels than those who are at
  home or in informal care settings (55) the year
  prior to kindergarten.

Source Maryland State Department of Education
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Maryland Model for School Readiness
Kent County Using the MMSR data

• Improvements are the result of jurisdictional and
  community efforts.
• The latest data are a tribute to all that is
  being done in the County to promote the school
  readiness of young children.
• If all partnersincluding public schools,
  parents, early education professionals,
  libraries, county government, local management
  boards, and child-serving organizationscontinue
  to explore ways to make additional gains, the
  Countys school readiness successes can only
  grow.
• The new MMSR data can help define priorities,
  shape decisions, and formulate planning.

Source Maryland State Department of Education