Family participation in Growing Strong Learners was high and similar for EL and non-EL families: 97% attended at least one APTT meeting and 92% participated in Ready4K¶

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q2 i? 97% of families attended at least one APTT meeting, 72% attended at least two, 92% participated in Ready4K, and 81% remained active throughout the year, with similar levels for EL and non-EL families. → McCarthy 2020

Evidence¶

McCarthy 2020¶

McCarthy, E., Morgan, C. & Sussman, J. (2020). Growing strong learners in Galt Joint Union Elementary School District. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED613373

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Participation analysis of attendance records and Ready4K analytics (166 active enrollments, 15,349 message deliveries) during 2019-2020. The article reports Ready4K participation of 92% with 81% remaining active, similar for EL and non-EL families.

"Nearly all Fairsite Preschool families attended at least one APTT parent meeting or APTT individual meeting with their teacher or an administrator during the year (97%), and the majority of families attended at least two APTT events (72%)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Parents who attended APTT meetings, and multilingual-home parents, agreed more strongly that APTT and the preschool helped them prepare their child for kindergarten — related
• Parents who attended APTT, took the spring survey, or spoke multiple languages at home tended to agree more strongly that they felt a strong connection to their child's preschool — related
• The family engagement component of FF did not fully scale up: only 30.2% of families were contacted at the intended frequency and no site met the fidelity threshold — related
• Fidelity of FAST program-component delivery was high (97–98 percent overall), but reach to families fell far below design expectations — related
• Kindergarten-readiness gaps between ELs and Non-ELs narrowed during the intervention year after widening during the prior year, with significant between-year differences for ATL-REG, SED, and PD
• Parent-delivered READY4K! text messages improve preschool children's early literacy performance — related
• Understanding kindergarten expectations and acquiring tools to support children at home were especially beneficial for families without prior preschool or structured school experience — related