ED363406 PS021718

 

Title: Language Development Component: All Day Kindergarten Program 1991-1992. Final Evaluation Report. Elementary and Secondary Education Act--Chapter 1.
Author(s): Johnson, Jessie
Author Affiliation: Columbus Public Schools, OH. Dept. of Program Evaluation.(BBB28526)
Pages: 29
Publication Date: July 08, 1993
Notes: For the 1989-90 report, see ED 329 362; for the 1990-91 report, see ED 345 834; for a report on a parallel program, see ED 351 673.
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Evaluative (142); Test/questionnaires (160)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Ohio
Journal Announcement: RIEMAR1994

The All Day Kindergarten (ADK) Program was implemented in the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools in January 1972 to provide full-day instruction to prepare underachieving kindergarten pupils for first grade. The ADK is an individualized language-based program that reinforces skills, concepts, and educational experiences taught in regular kindergarten classrooms. Starting in September 1991, the ADK was evaluated in terms of: (1) children's successful completion of 12 of 17 items on a test of early concepts about print; and (2) participation of parents in their children's education. The evaluation was based on data from standardized achievement tests, pupil census logs, pupil data sheets and rosters, and parent involvement logs. The program served 582 pupils for an average of 13.6 hours of instruction a week. The
evaluation sample comprised those students (n=353) who attended 80% or more of the instructional periods. Of those, over 88% successfully completed 12 or more of the items on the concepts about print test. Parents of 99.1% of the pupils participated in at least one program-related activity during the year. Teachers had a positive response to their inservice training. Increased parent involvement, increased teacher inservice training, continued use of current recordkeeping documents, and continued school visitations were recommended. An appendix contains forms used for the evaluation. (MM)

Descriptors: Achievement Gains; *Full Day Half Day Schedules; Inservice Teacher Education; Kindergarten; *Kindergarten Children; *Language Enrichment; *Parent Participation; Primary Education; *Program Effectiveness; Program Evaluation; *Reading Achievement; School Readiness; Standardized Tests; Underachievement
Identifiers: Columbus Public Schools OH; Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1; Elementary Secondary Education Act; *Print Awareness