Document Type
Report
Publication Date
6-2012
Abstract
The Chemung County School Readiness Project (SRP) was launched in 2006 with the goal to significantly increase the percentage of children who enter kindergarten in Chemung prepared to learn and function successfully in school. Through grassroots, county-wide collaboration, organizers of the SRP aimed to create a comprehensive and coordinated array of services to meet the needs of children ages zero to five and their families. All activities associated with the SRP fall into four core service areas: early care and education; parent learning; healthcare; and home visiting. The key indicator of program impact is the readiness level of children entering kindergarten in the school districts of Elmira, Elmira Heights, and Horseheads.
To assess program effects, stakeholders jointly adopted a longitudinal evaluation approach that included baseline and follow-up data collection. Results presented in this report focus on the follow-up study conducted with the 2011-12 kindergarten cohort in Chemung County. The methodology and instrumentation used for the 2007 baseline study were replicated at follow-up to the extent possible, but differences are noted in this report where relevant. The current research focus is to address whether school readiness levels of entering kindergartners in Chemung County changed between 2007 and 2011.
Recommended Citation
Center for Human Services Research, University at Albany, "Chemung County Evaluation Report" (2012). Education & Early Childhood Development Reports and Research Briefs. 1.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/chsr-eecd-reports-and-briefs/1
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