My Reading Academy Significantly Boosts Learning Gains and Kindergarten Readiness for Pre-K Students across Palm Beach County. Research Brief
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| Title: | My Reading Academy Significantly Boosts Learning Gains and Kindergarten Readiness for Pre-K Students across Palm Beach County. Research Brief |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Hee Jin Bang, Eric Setoguchi, Age of Learning, Inc. |
| Source: | Age of Learning, Inc. 2024. |
| Availability: | Age of Learning, Inc. 101 North Brand Boulevard, 8th Floor, Glendale, CA 91203. Tel: 818-246-2223; Web site: https://www.ageoflearning.com/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 3 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Early Childhood Education Elementary Education Kindergarten Primary Education |
| Descriptors: | Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Achievement Gains, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Benchmarking, Cutting Scores, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Alphabets |
| Geographic Terms: | Florida |
| Abstract: | This brief focuses on the 2023-2024 school-year implementation of "My Reading Academy" by the Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County (ELC PBC) that led its deployment in voluntary pre-K (VPK) classrooms across the School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC) and independently operated for-profit and nonprofit centers, including Head Start. Examined is the impact of using "My Reading Academy" on students' year-end achievement on the Star Early Literacy™ Assessment, as well as educators' reports on the impact of the program on students' early reading skills. The average monthly growth made by students on the Star Early Literacy™ Assessment as well as the percent of students ending the school year kindergarten-ready are highlighted given the new VPK accountability standards that have been adopted in the summer of 2024. These new accountability standards set the expectation that each child needs to grow at least 12 points per month, and defines 707 as the score on the Star Early Literacy™ Assessment indicating that a student is kindergarten-ready. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2025 |
| Accession Number: | ED673309 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This brief focuses on the 2023-2024 school-year implementation of "My Reading Academy" by the Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County (ELC PBC) that led its deployment in voluntary pre-K (VPK) classrooms across the School District of Palm Beach County (SDPBC) and independently operated for-profit and nonprofit centers, including Head Start. Examined is the impact of using "My Reading Academy" on students' year-end achievement on the Star Early Literacy™ Assessment, as well as educators' reports on the impact of the program on students' early reading skills. The average monthly growth made by students on the Star Early Literacy™ Assessment as well as the percent of students ending the school year kindergarten-ready are highlighted given the new VPK accountability standards that have been adopted in the summer of 2024. These new accountability standards set the expectation that each child needs to grow at least 12 points per month, and defines 707 as the score on the Star Early Literacy™ Assessment indicating that a student is kindergarten-ready. |
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