The Early Learning Opportunities (ELO) Act - Child & Family Studies

Evaluation of the Early Learning Opportunities Act
Program Evaluation Design
In an effort to capture many levels of impact that implementation of the ELO grant had on
the early childhood centers, participating teachers, and children, several means of data
collection were undertaken across the evaluation period. First, three cohorts of teachers and
students were assessed: teachers and their students who participated in the spring 2004
session of the HUR training, teachers and their students who participated in the summer 2004
session of HUR training, and a subset of children whose teachers participated in the summer
2004 session who received caregiver permission to participate in follow-up data collection that
spanned the fall months of 2004. The following visuals depict how data collection differed
across these three cohorts.
Spring 2004 Cohort I Program Evaluation
ELO
Grant
Teachers
Instructional Skills
Early Literacy
Instruction
Knowledge Survey
completed pre and
post
Perceptions of
Participation
Focus Groups
Environment
Infusion of Literacy
Rich Stimuli into
Setting
ELOC completed
pre and post at 21
sites
Students
Early Literacy and
Learning Skills- Direct
Assessment
IGDI administered
pre and post to 271
children
ESI-K administered
to 33 children
Summer 2004 Cohort II Program Evaluation
ELO
Grant
Teachers
Belief and Ability to
Implement Literacy in
Setting
BAILSS
completed pre
and post by 50
teachers
Perceptions of Participation
Focus Groups
Students
Early Literacy Skills - Direct
Assessment
IGDI administered pre and
post to 161 children
Early Literacy and Learning
Skills – Teacher Rating
SELL completed pre and
post for 350 children
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