From katie.anderson at state.or.us Mon Jul 9 08:40:18 2012 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 15:40:18 +0000 Subject: [RFHF] Parent-child early literacy activities Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24314589A7@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hello! I just want to remind you all of the excellent resources on the Washington Learning System website. If you participated in Reading for Healthy Families you will recognize their 'On-the-Go Resources' which is a series of one page early learning activities parents and children and do together wherever they go. These are available in English, Spanish, Somali, Russian, Vietnamese, Mandarin, and Burmese on the Washington learning System website. You will also find a variety of other resources on their website. You do have to register for a username and password to access these resources, but they are all free and you may copy them (as long as you aren't selling them!). Questions? Contact: Mary Maddox at (206) 310-7401 or mmaddox at walearning.com Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 If the hyperlink doesn't work, try cutting and pasting this URL (http://www.walearning.com/) into the browser or doing an internet search for 'Washington Learning System'. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Mon Jul 9 11:58:03 2012 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 18:58:03 +0000 Subject: [RFHF] New report on the impact of early literacy curriculum in Oregon Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA2431458C58@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> I'm pleased to share NPC Research's Reading for Healthy Families: Final Evaluation Report! I would like to thank those of you who participated in Reading for Healthy Families for making this early literacy training project a success. The final evaluation reports the impact of your work with children and families since your commitment to the project ended. Parents who received early literacy education from you are significantly more likely to engage their child in a number of early literacy activities (see table below), including using the library, than parents who did not receive early literacy education. In addition, most of you reported that you've made changes in the early literacy activities you provide which will have a long-term impact on early literacy in your communities. Please share the Reading for Healthy Families: Final Evaluation Report with your manager and other key stake holders to show them the impact of the early literacy work you are doing. Those of you who didn't participate in Reading for Healthy Families may also be interested to learn the impact of using Every Child Ready to Ready which was the national, evidence-based early literacy curriculum adapted for Reading for Healthy Families. The adapted curriculum and all supplemental materials are available for free on our website. This curriculum is approved by the Oregon Registry and you can find a list of Standardized Every Child Ready to Read Trainers on our website. Here is my favorite table from the report that compares families who received early literacy education session -vs- families who did not. [cid:image002.jpg at 01CD5DCA.1840F6A0] Thank you! Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 If the hyper links don't work, try cutting and pasting these URLs into your browser or doing an internet search using the terms "Reading for Healthy Families Oregon" * Link to all 4 RFHF evaluations and success stories: http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/rfhf.overview.history.aspx * Direct link to the Final Evaluation Report: http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/youthsvcs/reading.healthy.families/rfhfYear4FinalReport6-26-2012.pdf * The Reading for Healthy Families Website: http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/youthsvcs/rfhf.home.aspx * Information about Standardized Every Child Ready to Read Trainers, including their contact information if you want to book a training: http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/youthsvcs/rfhf.overview.contact.aspx -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I highly recommend you take 5-10 minutes to read the two page primary document by the CED. Here are a few quotes from it to tempt you! * Right now 20% of the American labor force is functionally illiterate or innumerate. High-quality child care and early education builds a strong foundation of cognitive and social skills in young children that can improve their engagement in school and increase per capita earnings and economic development. * CED's model of engaging the business community has mobilized corporate leaders to support early learning programs. With tools provided by CED, our Trustees have traveled the country and spoken to business and civic audiences about the importance of investing in children and families. * Research has shown that high-quality early childhood programs--including home visiting and early childhood education--have both immediate and long-term benefits to the larger society, not just the individual child. * Communities that invest in quality early childhood education can realize savings and better quality of life... * ...children in the United States face more challenges to their development than those in many other countries, including higher rates of infant mortality (4th worst in the [international] Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) and low birth rate (6th worst), teen births (2nd worst after Mexico), and poverty. * ...What CEOs Can Do... Invest at least 1 percent of corporate earnings in public/private partnerships that support early childhood in your community or state. What does this mean for Healthy Start/Healthy Families Oregon, your library, and other early childhood professionals? I don't know what it might mean, but keep your eyes, ears, and minds open because you may be able to find new opportunities for partnerships and funding with private businesses and corporations. Most of us are not used to partnering with the private sector. Start thinking about how that might work and what it might look like for your organization. Enjoy, Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 Blog article: http://thrivebyfivewa.org/2012/07/10/business-group-calls-for-more-spending-on-early-learning-including-by-corporations/ Primary document: http://www.ced.org/images/content/issues/earlyeducation/UnfinishedBusiness_ExecSumLO.pdf -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Wed Jul 18 09:09:35 2012 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:09:35 +0000 Subject: [RFHF] Literacy statistics Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA243146DEE3@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hello! Yesterday one of you emailed asking for sources of general literacy statistics. Many of you are probably interested in knowing this too, so here are my go-to sources for statistics on literacy (and all education topics): * Children First for Oregon: Page 7 has statistics for the state, then there is a page for each county so you can get statistics specific to your region and compare them with the state statistics. * Oregon Department of Education: Reports: Allows you to get school district level statistics on Reading & Lit. Click on 'Assessment', look under 'Results-District and School' and click on 'Search Test Results (2004-2011)' and you'll pull up a page that allows you to create detailed reports by year, district, population, and subject. * OregonLive.com: Your Schools: Provides similar information as ODE. There aren't as many options for creating detailed reports as ODE, but their reports are more user-friendly snapshots of statistics. * National Center for Education Statistics: They have tons of statistics, but I have their 'Fast Facts' page is pretty easy to use. Click on 'Assessments', then click on 'Reading' and you should find national statistics. You can also find state-by-state ranking under 'Assessments' if you are interested in learning how Oregon compares. Enjoy! Katie Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 If the hyperlinks don't work, try copying and pasting these URLs into your browser: * Children's First: http://cffo.convio.net/site/DocServer/2011_Data_Book_v10_web.pdf?docID=2621&AddInterest=1821 * ODE: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=1722 * OregonLive: http://schools.oregonlive.com/ * NCES: http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/# -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Wed Jul 25 08:35:21 2012 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:35:21 +0000 Subject: [RFHF] New Report on Kindergartners in 2010-11 Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA2431470073@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> [Institute of Education Sciences - Newsflash] NCES Releases First Findings Report on First-time Kindergartners in 2010-11 [ecls logo]The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) releases First-Time Kindergartners in 2010-11: First Findings From the Kindergarten Rounds of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 2010-11 (ECLS-K:2011), providing a snapshot of the 3.5 million kindergartners who were attending kindergarten in the United States for the first time in the 2010-11 school year. The ECLS-K:2011 is a longitudinal study that will follow students from their kindergarten year to the spring of 2016, when most of them are expected to be in fifth grade. Key findings from First-Time Kindergartners in 2010-11 include: ? Most of the first-time kindergarten students in the cohort were born prior to September 2005 (7 percent of the cohort was born in September 2005 or later), meaning that most of these kindergartners were 5 years of age or older at the start of the school year. ? In the fall of kindergarten, reading and math assessment scores were lowest for first-time kindergartners in households with incomes below the federal poverty level and highest for those in households with incomes at or above 200 percent of the federal poverty level. ? In the fall of kindergarten, first-time kindergartners with a primary home language of English scored higher in reading and math than those coming from homes with a primary home language other than English. ? Kindergartners with parents whose highest level of education is a Bachelor?s degree or higher had a lower BMI (body mass index) than those whose parents? highest level of education is a high school diploma/equivalent or lower. To view the full ECLS-K:2011 report, please visit http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2012049. For more information on the ECLS, visit nces.ed.gov/ecls. ...connecting research, policy and practice By visiting Newsflash you may also sign up to receive information from IES and its four Centers NCES, NCER, NCEE, & NCSER to stay abreast of all activities within the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). To obtain hard copy of many IES products as well as hard copy and electronic versions of hundreds of other U.S. Department of Education products please visit http://www.edpubs.org or call 1-877-433-7827 (877-4-EDPUBS). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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