ASSESSMENTS of Past Years
Criteria for Evaluating Success
In designing the program, standards needed to be set that reflected attainable goals appropriate to the age and stage of development of the children. The following criteria were established for evaluating a child’s achievement and the success of the program.
“Percent Gain” - If a child knows very few letters, sounds and words before the program, our expectation is that he/she will make a valuable gain in the number known by the end of the program. Therefore, if a child knew fewer than half of the letters, sounds or selected words before the program, then assessment results reflect the gain the child made in a percentage. e.g. If a child knew 5 letters before the program and 15 after the program, the child made a 200% gain in the number of letters known (even though not all the letters are known yet).
- “significant gain” = 51% to 150% gain
- “excellent gain” = 151% or 300% gain
- “outstanding gain” = 301% or more
“Percent Towards Goal” - If the child knows more than half of the letters, sounds or selected words before the program, then our goal is that he/she learn all of the letters, sounds and words by the end of the program. Therefore, the assessment results reflect the degree to which the child achieved this goal of knowing the entire set.
e.g. If a child needed to learn 10 letters to complete the set of all letters and he/she learned 8 new ones in the program, then the child achieved 80% of the goal of knowing all of the letters.
- “significant gain” = 26% to 75% achievement towards the goal of 100%
- “excellent gain” = 76% to 100% achievement towards the goal of 100%
Spring 2008 Assessment Results
Spring 2007 Assessment Results
Spring 2006 Assessment Results
Spring 2005 Assessment Results
Spring 2004 Assessment Results
Spring
2003 Assessment results
Start-up
Assessment results (2001-2002)
