What can we learn from 5+ years of

ISTAR-KR?Michael Conn-Powers

Early Childhood CenterIIDC/Indiana University

Indiana Standards Tool for Alternate Reporting -

Kindergarten Readiness

ISTAR-KR Data

Since 2009, data entered on 59,857

children

Unduplicated Count of Children Assessed at Time 1 and Time 2

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014TOTA

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2009 6 106 808 72 992

2010 62 1,722 690 296 2,770

2011 49 1,947 1,610 341 3,947

2012 29 1,890 1,828 3,747

2013 26 2,252 2,278

2014 8 8

TOTAL 6 168 2,579 2,738 3,822 4,429 13,742

Percentage of Children With and Without Disabilities

2009 2010 2011 2012 20130%

23%

45%

68%

90%

Children w/o Disabilities Children with Disabilities

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71.6%

11.1% 9.8%5.3%

2.0% 0.2% 0.1%

White Hispanic Black

Multiracial Asian American Indian

Hawaiian, Pacific Islander

What changes do we see?

How do we describe those changes from an ongoing evaluation

perspective?

• Developmental gains?

• Dedicated outcome measures?

• Rates of learning?

Developmental Gains

• Entry and Exit developmental scores

• Gain in terms of developmental months

Differences During Preschool

Age at Time 1 47.5 mos.

Age at Time 2 63.0 mos.

Time between Assessments 15.5 mos.

% White 71.6%

% Disability 69.6%

Average Gains During Preschool(All children)

First Assessmen

t (mos.)

SecondAssessmen

t (mos.)

Gains(mos.)

Gains / Month

English Language

Arts37.5 56.9 19.5 1.3

Mathematics

37.1 55.9 18.9 1.2

Social-Emotional

37.8 50.5 12.7 0.8

Average Time Between Assessments =15.5months

Average Gains During Preschool(Children w/o Disabilities)

First Assessmen

t (mos.)

SecondAssessmen

t (mos.)

Gains(mos.)

Gains / Month

English Language

Arts40.9 61.1 20.2 1.6

Mathematics

39.9 60.1 20.2 1.6

Social-Emotional

40.6 52.7 12.1 0.95

Average Time Between Assessments =12.8 months

Developmental Gains by Race (months gained between Time 1 and Time 2)

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Use federal ‘outcome’ measures

Translating Data intoOutcome Categories

CATEGORY DEFINITION

MAINTAINS AGE LEVEL Entry and Exit Scores are at or above age level

IMPROVES TO AGE LEVELEntry scores below age levelExit scores at or above age

level

NEAR AGE LEVEL Exit scores at level near but slightly below age level

DELAYED W/ PROGRESSExit scores > entry scores but significantly below age

level increase from

DELAYED, NO PROGRESSExit scores ≤ entry scores

and significantly below age level

English Language Arts Outcomes(Children w/o Disabilities)

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Maintained Age LevelImproved to Age LevelNear Age LevelDelayed, With ProgressDelayed, No Progress

Developmental Outcomes(Children w/o Disabilities)

ELA Math Social0%

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50%

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100%

3.0% 3.2% 3.2%9.0% 12.3% 9.3%

9.2%9.4%

9.2%

36.8%38.7%

32.5%

41.9%36.4%

45.8% Maintained Age LevelReached Age LevelNear Age LevelDelayed, ProgressDelayed, No Progress

Compare Rates of Learning & Development

• Compare to rate of typical development (each month of age = 1 month development)

• Plot rate based on Initial Assessment

• Plot rate based on Exit Assessment

Comparing Learning Rates for English Language Arts(Children w/o Disabilities)

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Comparing Learning Rates for Mathematics

(Children w/o Disabilities)

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• Ongoing program evaluation

• Outcomes-based

• Continuous Quality Improvement

Someday …

Closing

Michael Conn-PowersEarly Childhood CenterIIDC/Indiana University mipower@indiana.edu

812-855-6508