Assessment
Results Fall 2005 Session
Letters, Sounds and Words Program
Note: The summary of the gains made by the children has 30 categories since children are grouped in 3 areas, with 2 levels of expectation of success and 5 areas of skills tested.
- Overall 92% to 100% (depending on the category) of the children made significant, excellent or outstanding gains!
- 696 children are represented in the data
- 84 schools are included in this summary with an average of 8.3 children per school
- Approximately 686 volunteers worked for over 8,000 hours to implement this session.
Groups of children served this session
- 74% of the children are those who just need a short period of extra attention at this time in order to keep pace with their peers.
- 12% of the children are included in the “English as a second language factor” group
- 14% of the children included in the group are being monitored as possibly having a learning challenge that will result in their needing ongoing support for one or two more only.
Anecdotal Evidence
Many very positive outcomes occurred for children, families and the Volunteer Coaches involved in Strong Start®. These successes go beyond the statistics and are captured in the testimonials of personal experiences and observations. Visit the Going Beyond the Statistics section of this website for an index to the wonderful stories.
For more detail see Fall 2005 session charts
COMPLETE Assessment Results Fall 2005 Session (PDF, 68 kB, 5 pages)
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