Tell A Meaningful Story With Data Through Research

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Tell A Meaningful Story With Data Through Research Impact of Early Learning Collaboratives Program in Mississippi March 1st, 2018 Yan Li, Ph.D. Director Office of Research and Development YLi@mdek12.org

Price of Coffee Demand of Coffee $3.00 503 $2.10 1000 $4.00 360

Median Household Income Rainfall Totals $46,919 4.5 $68,122 3.09 $57,666 10.09

State Board of Education Goals FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2016-2020 All Students Proficient and Showing Growth in All Assessed Areas Every Student Graduates from High School and is Ready for College and Career Every Child Has Access to a High-Quality Early Childhood Program Every School Has Effective Teachers and Leaders Every Community Effectively Uses a World-Class Data System to Improve Student Outcomes Every School and District is Rated “C” or Higher

Background 2015 Mississippi SLDS Grant

2015 Mississippi SLDS Grant Grant Priorities Research and Evaluation Early Learning Project Outcome of Research and Evaluation Creation of data dashboard Establishment of an Office of Research and Development

2015 Mississippi SLDS Grant Office of Research and Development Small team; Research Agenda; Research Writing Components Flow; Policy Brief Formatting Guidelines; RAAC – Research Agenda Advisory Committee; SMET – Subject Matter Expert Team;

2015 Mississippi SLDS Grant Current Research Priorities Research Agenda and its alignment with MS State Board of Education Five Year Strategic Plans Early Childhood Educator Preparation Achievement Gap

Mississippi Early Learning Collaboratives Striving for Success: Impact of Early Learning Collaboratives Program in Mississippi

Mississippi Early Learning Collaboratives What is Mississippi’s ELCs? In the year 2013, the Mississippi Legislature passed the Early Learning Collaborative Act. Mississippi’s Early Learning Collaborative Act of 2013 established the Early Learning Collaborative program (ELCs). An “Early Learning Collaborative” is a district or countywide council that writes and submits an application to participate in the voluntary prekindergarten program. In December 2013, the first round of the ELCs awards were given to eleven different collaboratives from around the state.

Mississippi Early Learning Collaboratives Why studying the impact of Mississippi’s ELCs is important? Mississippi owns its unique features: The fourth largest rural state; The largest percentage of African American population across the country; More than half of all births occurred to unmarried mothers; One in two of households headed by unmarried mothers have incomes below the poverty line. Gap in the literature: High quality early learning programs benefit disadvantaged children compared to the advantaged; More aggregated level of data; More affluent states with lower poverty and more balanced ethnic population composition.

Mississippi Early Learning Collaboratives Research questions: Whether students who enroll in the ELCs programs score higher than students enrolled in other Pre-K programs; if so then what is the magnitude? Whether students who enroll in the ELCs programs are more likely to score above the kindergarten readiness cutting score (498 points); if so then what is the likelihood?

Mississippi Early Learning Collaboratives Data used: The second year of the implementation of the state’s ELCs: School Year 2015-2016. Treatment Group: Pre-test and post-test scaled scores (and performance levels) for each student who took the Kindergarten Readiness Assessments as part of the Early Learning Collaborative Act; Control Group: Pre-test and post-test scaled scores (and performance levels) for each student enrolled in a four-year-old prekindergarten program in Mississippi who took the Kindergarten Readiness Assessments but was not a part of the Early Learning Collaborative Act.

Mississippi Early Learning Collaboratives Variables of interest: Post-test score Kindergarten readiness (binary) indicator Variables controlled: ELCs Pre-test score Ethnicity Gender Socioeconomic status

Mississippi Early Learning Collaboratives Findings: Controlling for test scores at the beginning of the pre-kindergarten, ethnicity, gender, and family economic status, students that attended the Early Learning Collaboratives, on average, score 16 points higher on the test at the end of pre-kindergarten. Students attending the Early Learning Collaborative program are on average predicted to be 9.2 percent more likely to be ready for kindergarten.

Mississippi Early Learning Collaboratives Policy Indications: Early Learning Collaboratives classrooms in Mississippi are performing effectively. Mississippi’s high-quality early childhood education yields better student outcomes, and gives students a strong start to school. Methodology is key, particularly when they are making data-informed decisions to improve the outcome of student success.

Mississippi Early Learning Collaboratives Current State of Mississippi ELCs Program: Mississippi’s Early Learning Collaboratives is rated among top five states in the nation for quality standards for second consecutive year. Four new ELCs are added. The ELCs expansion is made possible by a $1million increase in state funds for the program.

Concluding Remarks Lessons Learned from Advancing Research in SEAs

Concluding Remarks Design a proactive research agenda; Study questions that matter; Answer policy questions of interest in a rigorous way; Increase internal capacity for research; Get consistent support from the agency’s leadership; Create partnerships with external researchers.

Yan Li, Ph.D. Director Office of Research and Development YLi@mdek12.org