Assessment
Results Fall 2007 Session
Letters, Sounds and Words Program
Note: The summary of the gains made by the children has 36 categories since children are grouped in 3 areas, with 2 levels of expectation of success and 6 areas of skills tested.
- Overall 93% to 100% of the children (depending on the category) in the original 3 strands of the program made significant, excellent or outstanding gains!
- 88%-100% of the children in the new strand introduced this year (Building Words) made significant, excellent or outstanding gains.
- 795 children are represented in the data
- 100 schools are included in this summary with an average of 8 children per school
- Approximately 658 volunteers worked for over 15,000 hours to implement this session.
Groups of children served this session
- 68% of the children are thought to be the type of child who just needs extra attention for a short period of time.
- 12% of the children are included in the “English as a second language factor” group
- 20% of the children are those who professionals predict may need extra support from resources within the school for another year or two 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 to read a sampling of these wonderful stories.
Notes:
- In the fall session the majority of children are in grade one. In the spring session the majority of children are in senior kindergarten.
- For more details on the assessment data, see the charts on the following pages.
For more detail see Fall 2007 session charts
COMPLETE Assessment Results Fall 2007 Session (PDF, 68 kB, 5 pages)
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