Literacy Task Force

Literacy

Advisory

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What is Literacy?

Disparities in Early Vocabulary Growth

16 mos. 24 mos. 36 mos.

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College Educated Parents

Working Class Parents

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Child’s Age (Months)

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Source: Hart & Risley (1995) 5

The 30 Million Word Calamity

• By age 4, the average child in a professional family has an accumulated experience of almost 45 million words

• By age 4, the average child in a working-class family has an accumulated experience of almost 26 million words

• By age 4, the average child in a welfare family has accumulated experience of almost 13 million words

ECHOS Results 2007-08 Through 2009-10

•Promotion increases at all grade levels and across virtually all groups.

Across all grades tested in 2009-10, 64.3% of promoted students scored at or aboveproficiency on FCAT.

Third grade Black male students evidenced the lowest promotion rates for the 2009-10 school year.

The innovation zones with the largest retentions rates were Boyd Anderson (n=831,9.6%), Dillard (n=315, 4.4%), Deerfield Beach (n=241, 4.1%), Hallandale (n=172,3.6%), and Stranahan (n=144, 3.3%).

Comprehensive investigation of promotion and retention rates in BCPS from 2007-08 through 2009-10

Source. Florida’s Graduation Rates from FDOE Education Information and Accountability Department

Increase in Graduation Rate

Source. Florida’s Graduation Rates from FDOE Education Information and Accountability Department

Proficiency Rates

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Broward County Public SchoolsPillars for Student Success Task Force Initiatives

Through focused collaboration in task force action groups, community members, parents, teachers, school based leadership, and district leadership will work together to:   Explore methods to raise academic expectations and advance

student achievement throughout the district. Research information to enhance knowledge about strategies

for improving education and teacher/leader quality. Plan, organize, evaluate, and recommend school-based,

family, and community initiatives for all levels and all students, including ESE and ESOL.