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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Hello! You may
have seen the following posting on libs-or. For those of you who haven’t,
it is worth taking a look at: <a href="http://childstats.gov/">http://childstats.gov/</a>.
In particular, you may be interested to know:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>Families
Reading to Young Children</span></font></b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>: <a
href="http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/edu1.asp">http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/edu1.asp</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>It is interesting that only
53% of children 3-5 years in the West were read to every day, whereas in the Northeast
and <st1:place w:st="on">Midwest</st1:place> 59% of children were read to every
day. 52% of children in the South were read to daily. We still have
work to do to educate parents in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
about the importance of reading to their young children, how to integrate
reading to young children into regular daily activities, and how to make
reading a fun activity that parents and children look forward to doing
together.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'>Reading</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:City><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
font-weight:bold'> Achievement</span></font></b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>:
<a href="http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/edu2.asp">http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/edu2.asp</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>“At grade 4, there
was a 4-point increase in the average reading score between 1992 and 2007. At
grade 8, reading scores in 2007 had increased 1 point from 2005 and 3 points
from 1992.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>“There was no
12th-grade NAEP reading assessment in 2007. However, in 2005 the average score
at grade 12 was 6 points lower than in 1992.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-weight:bold'>High School
Completion</span></font></b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>: <a
href="http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/edu4.asp">http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/edu4.asp</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>“In 2007, 89
percent of young adults ages 18–24 had completed high school with a
diploma or an alternative credential such as a General Education Development
(GED) certificate. The high school completion rate has increased slightly since
1980, when it was 84 percent.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>An article in the East
Oregonian yesterday has information specifically on the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State> dropout rate, and explains the recent
change in determining graduation rates. <a
href="http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95032&TM=42558.14">http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95032&TM=42558.14</a>.
An important thing to note is that the new formula does not account for
students who take alternative routes such as those who earn a modified diploma
or a GED. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>-----Original
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From: libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us
[mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Ann Reed</st1:PersonName><br>
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 8:26 AM<br>
To: libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
Subject: [Libs-Or] <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>'s
Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009 Released Online<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>America</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>'s
Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009 Released Online<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The Federal Interagency
Forum on Child and Family Statistics has released "<st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s
Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009." This report
continues a series of annual reports to the Nation on conditions affecting
children in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> for Education Statistics within
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Institute</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Education Sciences</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, in cooperation with
21 other federal agencies, contributes indicators to the report and supports
its production. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>According to the
report's section on education, performance of 4th and 8th graders in
mathematics is at an all time high and performance in reading improved between
2005 and 2007. Not all the report's findings were positive, however; the
percentage of children ages 3-5 who were read to every day in the last week by
a family member declined, from 60 percent in 2005, to 55 percent in 2007.
The report noted that this percentage is slightly higher than the proportion of
53 percent in 1993, but the rate has fluctuated in intervening years.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The report has three
demographic background measures and 40 selected indicators to describe the
population of children and depict child well-being in the areas of family and
social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment
and safety, behavior, education, and health. This year's report has a special
feature on children with special health care needs.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>You can view, download,
and print the report at <a href="http://childstats.gov/">http://childstats.gov/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>To obtain hard copy of
many IES products as well as hard copy and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>electronic versions of
hundreds of other U.S. Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>products please visit
http://www.edpubs.org or call 1-877-433-7827 (877-4-EDPUBS).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Ann
Reed</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, Federal Programs
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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