1. State Superintendent’s Advisory Committee on 4-Year-Old Kindergarten May 15, 2017
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2. What’s New in 2016-17? Serving 48,764 students 397 4K programs…
Up from 48,109 last year
Estimated to be more than 75% of Wisconsin’s age-eligible children
397 4K programs…
3 new this year
3 more anticipated for
122 using Community Approaches

3. 4K Opportunities Major takeaways:
97% of Wisconsin’s children reside in a district offering 4K.
More than half of those children reside in districts utilizing a 4K Community Approach (4KCA).

4. 4K Opportunities
The 4K Community Approach (4KCA) is used in less than half of districts.

5. 4K Opportunities
The districts that use the Community Approach tend to be more populous.
* These numbers are estimates based on 5K population

6. 4K Enrollment Major takeaways:
Enrollment in public school in 4K is normalizing across the state.
Demographically, 4K and 5K students look identical.
* These maps represent the percentage of 5K students by county who first enrolled in 4K.

7. 4K Enrollment
Nearly 80% of Wisconsin children enter public school in 4K.
5K Only
4K & 5K

8. 4K Enrollment
4K enrollment has been demographically stable since 2010.
More racially diverse than Census estimates would suggest.
4K participation is consistent with 5K enrollments.
2015 Census Estimates

9. 4K Enrollment
Participation in 4K isn’t lower among economically disadvantaged students; they just are not identified as FRL-eligible until the following year.
Adjusted FRL status leads FRL status by 1 year where available.
FRL as Reported
Adjusted FRL

10. 4K Enrollment
In the past, economically disadvantaged students enrolled in 4K at higher rate than their peers.
This trend has since equalized.
* Unless otherwise noted, all subsequent slides referencing economic status use the adjusted FRL indicator.
4K Adj. FRL
5K FRL

11. 4K Enrollment
Students with disabilities are identified and enroll in 4K at the same rate as 5K. 4K 5K

12. 4K Enrollment
Participation in 4K is fairly consistent across district poverty rates.
5K Only
4K & 5K

13. 4K Attendance Major takeaways:
4K students attend school more consistently than students in subsequent grades.
Habitual truancy is most common among historically marginalized populations.

14. 4K Attendance
4K students are consistently less likely to be habitually truant (absent >= 10 days per school year) than their 5K peers.
5K Truancy
4K Truancy

15. 4K Attendance Absenteeism most commonly affects students of color.
This correlates heavily with economic status.
Mean

16. 4K Attendance
Chronic absenteeism is most common among economically disadvantaged students.
Economically Disadvantaged
Not Economically Disadvantaged

17. 4K Attendance
Students with disabilities are more frequently truant than their non-disabled peers.
Students with Disabilities

18. 4K Attendance
Districts with large economically disadvantaged populations tend to experience the largest truancy problems.
* Blue points represents districts with a majority of students with races / ethnicities other than white

19. 4K Suspensions Major takeaways:
A lot of progress has been made to decrease early childhood suspensions.
Wisconsin’s EC suspension rates remain higher than the national average.

20. 4K Suspensions Early childhood suspensions are on the decline.
5 Year Old Kindergarten

21. 4K Suspensions Milwaukee and Madison are top contributors
*Calculated by multiplying change in suspension rates with student population
Milwaukee most improved district
*Greatest decrease in suspension rate since 2011 among districts with a minimum combined 4K and 5K cohort of 100 students

22. 4K Suspensions
Black students continue to be the most affected by early childhood suspensions.
These rates far exceed most estimations of the national average.
Black
Hispanic
White

23. 4K Suspensions
Black and Hispanic students also receive longer suspensions on average.

24. 4K Suspensions
Suspensions among males consistently outnumber those of females at a rate of 4:1.

25. 4K Suspensions
Suspensions among students with disabilities are on the decline.
* Note: because suspensions can lead to the implementation of IEPs for emotional and behavioral challenges, there is some endogeneity to these indicators.
Students with Disabilities
Students without Disabilities

26. 4K Suspensions
Suspensions among economically disadvantaged students are also on the decline.
Economically Disadvantaged
Not Economically Disadvantaged

27. 4K Suspensions
Districts with large populations of economically disadvantaged students tend to have the highest suspension rates.
These districts’ efforts are to thank for the state-wide decline.
* Blue points represent districts with a majority of students with races / ethnicities other than white.

28. 4K Retention Major takeaways:
4K retention (enrolling in 4K for two consecutive years) continues to be a problem.
It is disproportionately extended to white students.
Retention among students with disabilities is on the decline.

29. 4K Retention Retention in 5K has fallen as enrollment in 4K increased.
Too early to say if 4K retentions are on the decline.
5 Year Old Kindergarten
4 Year Old Kindergarten

30. 4K Retention
White students are much more likely to spend multiple years in 4K.
White
Other Races

31. 4K Retention
4K retentions among students with disabilities are at an all-time low.
Students with Disabilities
Students without Disabilities

32. 4K Retention
There is no clear relationship between economic status and early childhood retentions.
Economically Disadvantaged
Not Economically Disadvantaged

33. 4K Retention
Small districts with predominantly white student populations are the most likely to allow a child to repeat 4K.
Majority White
Majority Other Races

34. References
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