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Knowledge Universe® overview
• Before- and after-school programs in partnership with elementary schools
• Over 400 programs in 15 states and DC
• Serving approximately 18,000 children
• Employer-sponsored learning centers and back-up care
• Over 250 clients including 94 centers in 22 states and DC
• Serving approximately 11,000 children
• Partnerships with local and national businesses and government agencies
• Community based learning centers for children 6 weeks to 12 years
• Approximately 1,400 centers in 38 states
• Serving approximately 135,000 children including over 3,000 military families; About 1/3 receive third-party assistance
Knowledge Universe® is approaching 1000 nationally accredited centers.
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The state of America’s children
• One-third of children entering kindergarten lack the basic
language skills they need to learn to read
• 2013 NAEP test scores for 4th grade indicate that 32% of all 4th
graders are below basic in reading; 17% are below basic in
mathematics.
• Vulnerable students are roughly two years behind their more
advantaged peers
• 22% of American students fail to graduate high school on time,
the highest level since 1974
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, 2007-2008; Nat’l Assessment of Educational Progress
2013 Nation’s Report Card; McKinsey & Company, "The Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap in
America's Schools“, 2009
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The critical time for language development
Source: C.A. Nelson (2000).
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In the US, an average child
from a:
• professional family hears
215,000 words per week;
• working class family hears
125,000 words per week;
• family receiving welfare
benefits hears 62,000
words per week.
Source: Hart & Risley, 1995
Impact of early language exposure
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Preschool programs
Schooling
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Returns on investing in early childhood education
Source: Heckman and LaFontaine (2007)
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Knowledge Universe® state assessment data: Maryland results
83%
73%77%
71%
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Composite Language/Literacy Mathematical Thinking Scientific Thinking
Percent "fully ready"MD KCLC KCLC >1 yr, Full-Time
Source: MMSR – Maryland Model for School Readiness Assessment
Results obtained from the 2010-2011 administration of the Work Sampling System ® to all incoming
kindergarten students in the state of Maryland
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Results from kindergarten readiness rates based on scores from the Florida Assessments for Instruction in
Reading (FAIR) and the Early Childhood Observation System (ECHOSTM )
Knowledge Universe® state assessment data: Florida results
74.4 77.3 80.1 78.9 82.5 82.9
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2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013
Percent State-wide Knowledge Universe
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Early Learning Assessment: BRIGANCE®
13.7
51.3
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7.3
53.1
39.6
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Learning Delays Normal Gifted
Percent
13.3
34.4
52.3
7.1
32.1
60.8
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Below Average Average Above Average
Percent
156 programs; approximately 1400 children in pre-post assessment in 2013-2014 school year showed
improvement vs norm group in all subscales (language, physical, academic/cognitive, self-help, social/emotional)
Total Performance Language Performance
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Dramatic growth of neuronal architecture from birth to two
years
Source: “The Pediatricians Role in Addressing Childhood Poverty”, David Keller.
Newborn 1 month 6 months 2 years
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Age Birth 2 6 4 8 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
The brain’s ability to change in
response to experience
Amount of effort
such change requires
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Per capita education spending on children in 2008, by age:
Federal and State/Local
Source: http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/412676-How-Do-Public-Investments-in-Children-Vary-with-Age.pdf.
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25%
75%
High Quality Care
Low of Mediocre Quality Care
7%
93%
High Quality Care
Low of Mediocre Quality Care
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, DHHS. (2006). The NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD): Findings for Children up to Age 4 1/2 Years (05-4318). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Of those in center-based settings, about 75% were in poor or mediocre
quality child care
Of those in home-based settings, about 93% were in poor or mediocre
quality child care
Infants in Child Care
Home-basedchild care
Center-basedchild care
Every week in the United States, nearly 11 million children younger than age 5 whose mothers are working are in some type of child care arrangement.
On average, children spend 36 hours/week in child care. Child care is work support. Child care is early education.
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Percent of Americans in Poverty, By Age
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Above low income
52% Poor 25%
Near poor 23%
Children Under 6 in Poverty
Young Children in Poverty in America
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Estimated rate of return on human capital investment
Source: Heckman (2008) www.heckmanequation.org.
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Per Child Annual Federal and State/Local Spending on
Education and Early Care, by Age