Outcomes & MetricsEarly Learning HubsTECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WEBINAR2014

PRESENTED BYPam CurtisMegan Irwin

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Heidi McGowanWebinar Facilitator

Early Learning Council Goals

THE GOALS Children ready for success in kindergarten when they

arrive. Children raised in stable and attached families. Services that are integrated and aligned into one

early learning system focused on results.

WHAT IS AN EARLY LEARNING HUB? A self-organized community-based coordinating body

created to provide a “system approach” to early childhood education that works to improve efficiency and outcomes for our youngest children.

Early Learning Hubs

Early Learning Hubs

EARLY LEARNING HUB WILL Build on existing community resources and assets Ask tough questions about what could be done

differently to get better results, especially for at risk children

Communities have the option to define their own strategies and service areas to achieve the outcomes

Under the community based leadership of Early Learning Hubs bring public schools, early learning providers, health care, social services and the private sector together around shared outcomes, for the first time in Oregon’s history.

OUTCOMES & METRICSEARLY LEARNING HUBS

Presentation byPam CurtisMegan Irwin

Why outcomes matter?

EARLY LEARNING HUB OUTCOMES

45,000 children born each year315,000 ages 0-640% at risk (n=~120,000)$380+ million per year focused on prevention

$1.7 billion per biennia on young children/families

Serving 25-33% of at-risk children

Outcomes: Why bother?

Our results

On the 2013 Kindergarten Assessment 33% of entering kindergartners could name 5 or fewer letters and 14% couldn’t name any letters.

37% couldn’t identify a single letter sound. About half of our kindergartners could answer at least half of the questions correctly.

25% of entering kindergartners did not regularly demonstrate skills like completing tasks and following directions.

Outcomes we’re measuring

Kindergarten readiness Increasing the number of quality education and care

settings (QRIS) Increasing performance on the domains measured by

the Kindergarten Assessment.

Stable and attached families Increasing the number of children who receive

developmental screening prior to age three. Increasing the number of children with access to

primary care. Reducing child abuse and neglect.

System coordination Reducing administrative overhead. Improving the ways programs coordinate into a

system.

Unpacking our outcomes

EARLY LEARNING HUB OUTCOMES

A quick word on data sources

The state has the data you need to set accountability baselines.

Staff assembling baseline data upon receipt of letter of interest.

Kindergarten Readiness – Quality Care and Education Settings

The Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS) is our measurement for the quality of licensed child care and educational settings.

The QRIS measures quality at five tiers: Licensing – basic health and safety Commitment to Quality – commitment to move beyond basic health and safety.

Three, Four and Five Stars – escalating sets of standards focused on improving quality.

Kindergarten Readiness – Quality Care and Education Settings

Quality Rating Improvement System

  Baseline Targeted for Year 2 Improvement

Targeted Year 3 Improvement

Increase the number of high quality early learning and care facilities in coverage area as measured by QRIS:

Licensed facilities: 334

   

Commitment to quality: 75

Commitment to quality: ___

Commitment to quality: ___

Three star: 4 Three star: __ Three star: ___

Four star: 1 Four star: ___ Four star: ___

Five star: 0 Five star: ___ Five star: ___

State LevelData help measure

progress over time

Data help target

resources to Early Learning

Hubs and schools

Early Learning HubsData help measure progress over time

Data help target local supports, strategies and interventions

Community LevelSchools: Data inform classroom

instruction Pre-K and Early Learning: Data

inform program and curriculum design

Kindergarten Assessment: The Look Forward and Look Back

Kindergarten Assessment

EARLY LITERACY (direct assessment) English letter names English letter soundsSpanish syllable sounds*

*only for Spanish Speaking English Language Learners

EARLY MATH (direct assessment) Numbers and Operations

APPROACHES TO LEARNING (observational assessment)

Child Behavior Rating Scale

Kindergarten Readiness – Kindergarten Assessment

  Baseline Targeted Year 2 Improvement:

Targeted Year 3 Improvement:

Metric 2: Increase performance of target population on the kindergarten assessment

Early literacy letter names:

Early literacy letter names: ___%

Early literacy letter names: ___%

Early literacy letter sounds:

Early literacy letter sounds: ___%

Early literacy letter sounds: ___%

Early math numbers and operations:

Early math numbers and operations: ___%

Early math numbers and operations: ___%

Approaches to learning self-regulation:

Approaches to learning self-regulation: ___%

Approaches to learning self-regulation: ___%

Approaches to learning interpersonal skills:

Approaches to learning interpersonal skills: ___%

Approaches to learning interpersonal skills: ___%

Family Stability – Developmental Screening

Early identification of risk is important to prevention.

Developmental growth is not just physical. Less than 50% of children who need extra support get it before school.

Healthcare and childcare are critical developmental opportunities.

Opportunity for creativity abounds!

Family Stability – Developmental Screening

  Baseline Targeted Year 2 Improvement:

Targeted Year 3 Improvement:

Increase the number of children who receive developmental screening prior to age three

Number of children in target population who receive developmental screening prior to age three: 

% increase of children in target population who receive developmental screening prior to age three: ___%

% increase of children in target population who receive developmental screening prior to age three: ___%

Family Stability – Access to primary care

Healthy children are Ready; Ready children are Healthy.

Primary care home is an approach – much like Hubs.

Primary care home is the anchor for health care and linkage to other needed services.

Primary care homes and family resource managers are on-point for coordination.

Family Stability – Access to primary care

  Baseline Targeted Year 2 Improvement:

Targeted Year 3 Improvement:

Increase the number of children with access to a Patient Centered Primary Care Home (PCPCH):

Number of children in target population with access to a PCPCH:

% increase of children in target population with access to a PCPCH: ___%

% increase of children in target population with access to a PCPCH: ___%

Family Stability – Reducing child abuse and neglect

Children are best raised in families. Healthy, stable and attached families raise the healthiest children.

Oregon has the 13th highest foster care rate in the nation.

Renewed statewide effort and resources. The role of an Early Learning Hub in making progress in this area should really focus on child neglect and abuse prevention.

Family Stability – Reducing child abuse and neglect

  Baseline Year 2 Trends Targeted Year 3 Improvement:

Decrease the number of children and families involved with the child welfare system as measured by:- Decreasing the number of children age 0 through 6 who enter foster care. - Decrease the number of children age 0 through 6 who return to foster care. - Increase the number of children involved with the child welfare system who are served safely and equitably at home.

Number of children age 0 through 6 who enter foster care:

Hub will observe trends in the number of children age 0 through 6 who enter foster care.

Number of children age 0 through 6 who enter foster care: ___%

Number of children age 0 through 6 who return to foster care:

Hub will observe trends in number of children age 0 through 6 who return to foster care.

Number of children age 0 through 6 who return to foster care: ___%

Number of children involved with the child welfare system who are served safely and equitably at home: 

Hub will observe trends in number of children involved with the child welfare system who are served safely and equitably at home.

Number of children involved with the child welfare system who are served safely and equitably at home: ___%

System Coordination

Historical approach of individual programmatic efforts and funding streams. Resulting in:

Poor outcomes Increasing need for resources to sustain myriad

approaches

Called to integrate services, funds and use data to drive approaches

Proxy measures: Increasing the number of children served Reducing the age of onset of first service for high risk

children Reducing cost per child, including administrative

overhead

Webinars

March 6th Equity and Family Engagement 10:00-11:00 am

March 19th Building a Strong K-3 Connection 10:00-11:00 am

March 27th Oregon’s QRIS 10:00-11:00 am

March 31st Building a Strong Health Care Connection

12:00-1:00 pm

Pam Curtis, Chair of the Early Learning Council Deputy Director, Center for Evidence-based Policy, Oregon Health & Sciences University

Megan Irwin, Early Learning System Design Managermegan.irwin@state.or.us503-507-9462www.OregonEarlyLearning.com

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