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SCHOOL READINESS
The number of students considered Kindergarten ready at the start of data collection using the ASQ-3 screener was 45% in 2017 and increased to 52.9% in 2019, and 86.4% in 2020.
EFPN uses cutoff points across five domains - communication, gross motor, fine motor, problem-solving, and personal-social skills – to determine if a child is functioning on schedule. The data collected in 2020 cannot be taken at face value because
the methodology was changed to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus, shifting from in-person to online/telephonic data collection. In 2020, the sample size decreased substantially; fewer families enrolled their children in school by mid-July.
In 2017, 68% of households had children in center-based or formal home-based early preschool programs. In 2019, 70% of households utilized preschool programs.
With the limited number of Pre-K programs in the footprint, it is expected that this number will not change until more centers are built.
Math Achievement: Of the students, grades 3 through 8 and 11, who took the California Summative Mathematics test in 2017, 20% (1 in 5) met or exceeded state standards. The percentage increased to 24% (nearly 1 of 4) in 2019.
ELA Achievement: In 2017, 31.9% of the students in grades 3 – 8 and 11 who took the Smarter Balanced English Language Arts (ELA) assessment were proficient or higher. In 2019, the percent increased by almost 2%, at 33.5%.
Growth: A year-to-year analysis of growth across the 14 state-as- sessed grade levels and subject areas (ELA and math) reveals positive gains. From 2018 to 2019, there was growth in 11 of the 14 subjects and grade levels. This is a change from 2017 to 2018, which only shows growth in 7 out of the 14 (50%) areas.
The average daily attendance rate for students in grades 6 through 9 was close to 96% across all three years the data was collected – in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
CHILD CARE
MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH ACHIEVEMENT
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
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