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Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness 2013 Annual Reports OKLAHOMA SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP FOR READINESS 2013 Annual Report MISSION To lead Oklahoma in coordinating an early childhood system focused on strengthening families and school readiness for all children. VISION All Oklahoma children will be safe, healthy, eager to learn, and ready to succeed by the time they enter school. TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 Letters to the Governor 6 Recommendation 8 Preparedness Level of Children Entering Kindergarten 10 Availability and Cost of Quality Child Care 13 Number, Location, and Status of Quality Pre -Kindergarten Programs in the State 18 Percentage of Third-Grade Students Reading at or Above Grade Level 19 Public Engagement 20 Community Initiatives 22 OPSR State Expenditures 24 OPSR Board Members 25 OPSR Board Member Designees 25 Smart Start Oklahoma Staff 26 Acknowledgements 27 References PAGE 4 Dear Governor Fallin, On behalf of Smart Start Oklahoma, I am pleased to present the State Fiscal Year 2013 Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Annual Report. This year, the Partnership Board has identified the need to improve the ability to connect existing early childhood data as the top priority in understanding the impact that early childhood experiences have on a child’s ability to be prepared and ready to learn upon school entry. In the absence of this data, it is difficult for the Partnership Board to provide a holistic perspective on the challenges and successes of Oklahoma’s Early Childhood System. This year, Smart Start Oklahoma has had the opportunity to facilitate multiple stakeholder meetings to encourage improved collaboration across and between early childhood programs. Successes within the system can be seen through increased full-day pre-k programs, significant progress to consolidate the existing early intervention (SoonerStart) data systems that currently reside in two state agencies, and development of a coordinated training system for staff who provide home-based infant toddler services that will maximize the use of resources across agencies. Thank you for your continued support of programs that serve our youngest Oklahomans. We look forward to working with you over the next year to continue to identify solutions that improve the educational, health, and economic well-being of our state through successful early childhood programs. Respectfully, Debra Andersen, Executive Director Smart Start Oklahoma PAGE 5 Dear Governor Fallin, On behalf of the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness (OPSR) Board, I am pleased to present the State Fiscal Year 2012 report on early childhood. This summer, I was elected as the new Chair of the Board, and I very much look forward to the work ahead as we strive to continue to improve the quality of and access to early childhood education in Oklahoma. It is more obvious than ever that a healthy start in life means accelerated development of learning skills, which leads to success in school and, ultimately, as citizens in our community and our workforce. There is an abundance of data already collected and being collected by multiple child-serving agencies, and for Oklahomans to be able to make educated and informed decisions, this data should be synthesized and shared by everyone involved. The OPSR Board strongly recommends that a governance policy be developed with a statutory mandate to connect and share early childhood data among all child-serving agencies. This year, the OPSR Board, also known as Smart Start Oklahoma, marks its 10th year since being established by law. I was appointed in 2005, and have seen first-hand the significant accomplishments made toward improving cooperation and the working relationships between state and community partners in an effort to build a high-quality early childhood system in Oklahoma. These accomplishments are less apparent because Oklahoma has not established a system for tracking program effectiveness, nor is there a system of accountability. The OPSR Board is eager to assist in making improvements in these areas over the next few years. Thank you for the opportunity to serve as the Chair of the OPSR Board. I cannot think of a more important or consequential goal than securing the future of our youngest citizens. I look forward to working with you to improve their educational opportunities and to maximize their opportunity and ability to contribute to the health of our states’ families, communities, economy and workforce. Sincerely, Ann Cameron OPSR Chair PAGE 6 RECOMMENDATION Each year, the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness (OPSR) Board makes recommendations to improve the early childhood system in Oklahoma. Leadership and staff from state agencies, business leaders, parents of young children, and local community providers collaborate to make these recommendations. This year, the OPSR Board has prioritized one recommendation that it believes is critical to accomplish the legislative charge mandated under the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Act. The recommendation for 2014 is as follows: Establish a task force to develop a governance policy for connecting the early childhood data currently collected by state agencies serving children. Having integrated data will enable the state to make educated decisions and help improve early childhood. Multiple state agencies are responsible for delivering early childhood services in Oklahoma. Agencies collect and maintain data around their area of responsibility. Without data being connected, the state is missing out on opportunities to see how the entire system is doing related to early childhood program outcomes. In order to link data systems, the state must assure data security, privacy, and family confidentiality. By establishing data governance, or rules around data, Oklahoma can increase transparency related to publicly funded programs, as well as assure the public that information is secure. Data will help the state make better decisions. PAGE 7 Last year, the OPSR Board submitted six recommendations to the Governor and Legislature. These recommendations were monitored throughout the year. One recommendation was accomplished; the Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Board was re-created under Sunset Review during the 2013 legislative session. The Board decided the other recommendations could be satisfied without legislative or executive action. This included improving alignment of quality program standards across multiple early childhood programs, increasing the number of early childhood professionals obtaining public school certification, increasing the availability and utilization of existing early literacy screening results, and securing a commitment from the Governor and Legislature to support the economic benefits of investing in early childhood as a strategy to improve Oklahoma’s workforce and economic development. Over the course of the year, it was recognized that the recommendation to encourage state agencies to cooperatively develop data systems needed to begin with the development of a governance agreement that outlines policies for protection and sharing of early childhood data between state agencies. The charge of the OPSR Board is to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of all early childhood programs in supporting children’s preparedness for school. Therefore, the OPSR Board respectfully submits this recommendation requesting priority consideration be given to this agreement. PAGE 8 PREPAREDNESS LEVEL OF CHILDREN ENTERING KINDERGARTEN Development of the Oklahoma School Readiness Risk Index (SRRI) and County Risk Groups A comprehensive review of the literature on school readiness risk factors yielded 18 indicators found in numerous empirical studies to have the greatest effects on school readiness. These factors included child-, maternal- and family-related indicators, such as child abuse and neglect, low maternal education, and family poverty status. Data for each factor were collected at the county level and were statistically analyzed to create “sets” of factors that most closely correlated with each other and that significantly explained school readiness, with third-grade reading proficiency used as a proxy of readiness (Lazarte-Alcalá, Salehezadeh, & Schumacher, 2013). Three “sets” of factors emerged from the analysis as significantly associated with school readiness: Hispanic background; family structure and economic distress; and children in child welfare. Further analysis was conducted to group counties into quartiles and classify groups according to categories of high, high-medium, medium-low, and low risk for poor school readiness. Figure 1 depicts county classifications according to risk groups. School Readiness Risk Index (SRRI) 2013: Overall Risk Classification Figure 1 Figure 1 Nearly 41,000 children between infancy and age 5, or 13% of all Oklahoma children in this age group, reside in counties classified as high-risk, followed by nearly 104,000, or 33%, in high-medium-risk counties. These children are, on average, more likely to begin kindergarten already behind in academic skills than their peers in counties classified as medium-low and low-risk. This suggests a high need for quality early child care and education programs in these high- and high-medium-risk counties. PAGE 9 CHILD CARE SHORTAGE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 6 YEARS OF AGE ESTIMATED SHORTAGE 27% Figure 2 Total needing child care Licensed child care capacity State Total 183,461 133,638 Figure 2 There are two particular points to keep in mind regarding the estimates rates. In the demand Source: Calculations based on data from DHS side, the most prevalent
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