Buffalo Early Reading First R eview of Performance Data of Students & Classrooms August 31, 2009

Early Reading First Partners – Read to Succeed Buffalo – Bethel Head Start – 5 centers in literacy zone – Child Care Resource Network – Buffalo Public Schools Grant – U.S. Department of Education – 2007 – $4.1 million over 3 years

% ERF 3 and 4 Year Olds Meeting Target Language/Vocabulary Measured by PPVT-IV Pre/Post

% ERF 3 and 4 Year Olds Meeting Target Upper Case Letter Knowledge Measured by PALS-Pre-K Pre/Post

% ERF 3 and 4 Year Olds Meeting Target Concepts of Print Measured by OSELAS Pre/Post

% ERF 3 and 4 Year Olds Meeting Target Phonemic Awareness Measured by CIRCLES (modified) Pre/Post

Adult-Child & Peer Interactions Measured by ECERS Interaction Scale (7=Excellent)

Literacy & Print-Rich Environment Measured by ELLCO Checklist (Scale 1-41)

Comparison of Average Gains in Chronological Age & Development Age of 3 and 4 Year Olds (Measure of growth in oral language/vocabulary by PPVT-IV)

Gains in oral language of children with 2 yrs. of ERF as 3 and 4 yr. olds (N=28) Measured by PPVT Fall 2007 Spring 2008 Spring 2009

Bethel ERF “graduates” Performance in BPS Kindergartens Measured by DIBELS with Progressive Standards BOY: Initial Sounds, Letter Naming Fluency MOY: Initial Sounds, Letter naming, Phoneme Segmentation, Nonsense Word Fluency EOY: Letter Naming B=40+, Phoneme Segmentation B=35+, Nonsense Word Fluency B=25+

Comparison of Results Years 1 and 2 Early Reading First – funded by the U.S. Department of Education Year/Indicator 3 yr olds4 yr olds Pre-TestPost-TestPre-TestPost-Test Year 1 ( ) N=106N=97 Vocabulary47%75%72%93% Letter IdentificationNot tested 30%72% Year 2 ( ) N=92N=104 Vocabulary70%82%67%87% Letter Identification14%83%20%81% Print Concepts & Letter Sounds 7%97%0%85%