Does Extended Day Kindergarten With Explicit Instruction Improve

Does Extended Day Kindergarten With Explicit Instruction Improve Outcomes For Students?

Description of Setting n n n Data were collected from a large geographically diverse district with students representing urban, suburban and rural populations. Longitudinal data have shown that some students were at great risk for academic failure (primarily in Title 1 bldgs) Within High Risk Schools some students were at substantially higher Risk

The Good News ¡ ¡ ¡ We can reliable identify who is at risk We have measures that work to determine which students are closing the Gap Staff were (and are) willing to work hard

The Bad News n None of the previous efforts have been Successful

Until NOW! The district took a bold step, and offered something different Some students were offered an intensive full day program.

Descriptive Statistics Pre - test Post - test

Did Extended Day Make A Difference? n Yes. Students in the Extended Day Program out performed students who were not in the Extended Day Program on a Test of Alphabetic Knowledge (LSF)

Multiple Comparisons Were Significant

Means and Confidence Intervals FALL

Means and Confidence Intervals WINTER

Means and Confidence Intervals SPRING

Results … n n n The full day intensive program was successful in closing the gap for students who were most at risk. Outcomes for Full day Kindergarten students (initially at-risk academically) were better than same school peers (who began at a lesser level of risk) In fact, on average Academically and demographically At Risk Full Day students matched outcomes for non risk students (Non Title 1 Schools)

Results In A Simple Picture