<p> RHODE ISLAND 2008-2009 Even Start CSPR Data </p><p>Demographic Data</p><p>SY 2008- 2009 Funding Level 311,030 Number of Programs (Subgrants) 5 Total Number of Families 118  Percent of Families Retained 12 Months or 4% More Total Number of Adults 121  Percent Who Were English Learners 64% Total Number of Children 154 Total Number of Participants (Adults and Children) 275</p><p>Characteristics of Newly Enrolled Even Start Families </p><p>SY 2008- 2009 Total Number of Newly Enrolled Families 100  Percent of Newly Enrolled Families At or 95% Below Poverty  Percent of Newly Enrolled Adults Without a 74% Diploma or GED  Percent of Newly Enrolled Adults Who Have 25% Not Gone Beyond 9th Grade</p><p>= Not Applicable NR = Data Not Reported **= Data represent less than 60% of age-eligible children GPRA Results </p><p>GPRA Measure 1.1: The percentage of Even Start adults who achieve significant learning gains on measures of reading/English language acquisition, as measured by the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) and the Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE). </p><p>SY 2008-2009 Measure Total Percent Number in Making Cohort Gains Adult Learners (Non- English Learners) TABE Reading CASAS Reading 47 79% Other Adult English Learners TABE Reading CASAS Reading 41 66% BEST BEST Plus BEST Literacy* Other Totals 88 *BEST Literacy added as a separate category in 2008-2009</p><p>GPRA Measure 1.2: The percentage of Even Start adults with a high school completion goal who earn a high school diploma. </p><p>SY 2008-2009 Total Percent Measure Number in Making Cohort Gains School-Age Adults Earning a High School Diploma Non-School-Age Adults Earning a Diploma Totals</p><p>= Not Applicable NR = Data Not Reported **= Data represent less than 60% of age-eligible children GPRA Measure 1.3: The percentage of Even Start adults with a goal of General Equivalency Diploma (GED) attainment who earn a GED. </p><p>SY 2008-2009 Measure Total Percent Number in Making Cohort Gains School-Age Adults Earning a GED Non-School-Age Adults 25 44% Earning a GED Totals 25</p><p>GPRA Measure 1.4: The percentage of Even Start children who are entering kindergarten and who are achieving significant gains on receptive language on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III (PPVT - III). </p><p>SY 2008-2009 Total Percent Measure Number in Making Cohort Gains PPVT-III 7 57% PPVT-4 Totals 7</p><p>GPRA Measure 1.5: The percentage of preschool children participating in Even Start who demonstrate age-appropriate oral language skills as measured by the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III, Receptive (PPVT III, Receptive).</p><p>SY 2008-2009 Total Percent Measure Number in Demonstra Cohort ting PPVT-III 7 29% PPVT-4 Totals 7</p><p>= Not Applicable NR = Data Not Reported **= Data represent less than 60% of age-eligible children GPRA Measure 1.6: The number of letters Even Start children can identify, as measured by the PALS Pre-K Uppercase Letter Naming Subtask. </p><p>SY 2008-2009 Total Average Measure Number in Number of Cohort Letters PALS Pre-K Uppercase 7 24.0 Letter Naming Subtask </p><p>= Not Applicable NR = Data Not Reported **= Data represent less than 60% of age-eligible children</p>