Source: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/school-readiness/article/head-start-approach-school-readiness-overview
Timestamp: 2020-02-20 15:50:39
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1302', '§ 1305', '§ 1304', '§ 1302', '§ 1304', '§ 1302', '§ 1302', '§ 1302', '§ 1302']

Head Start Program Performance Standard Achieving program goals, 45 CFR § 1302.102(a)(3), requires all agencies to establish school readiness goals. They are defined as "the expectations of children's status and progress across domains of language and literacy development, cognition and general knowledge, approaches to learning, physical well-being and motor development, and social and emotional development that will improve readiness for kindergarten goals" in Terms, 45 CFR § 1305.2.
Each agency must use the five domains, represented by the central domains of the Framework, as the basis for school readiness goals. Agencies need to articulate how:
Their goals appropriately reflect the ages of children participating in the program (45 CFR § 1304.11(b)(1)(i))
The curriculum and child assessment(s) address or align with the program’s established goals (45 CFR §§ 1302.32, 1302.33, and 1302.35)
Parents were involved in the development of the goals (45 CFR §§ 1304.11(b)(1)(iii) and 1304.11(b)(2))
Align program school readiness goals with the ELOF and with state and tribal early learning standards, as appropriate (45 CFR § 1302.102(a)(3))
Create and implement a plan of action for achieving the goals (45 CFR § 1302.102(c)(1))
Assess child progress on an ongoing basis and aggregate and analyze data three times per year (45 CFR §§ 1302.102(c)(2)(ii-iii) and 1304.11(b)(2))
Examine data for patterns of progress for groups of children in order to individualize services as well as to develop and implement a plan for program improvement (45 CFR §§ 1302.33(b), 1302.102(b)&(c)(2)(iv-v), and 1304.11(b)(2))
In order to help prepare children to be successful when they enter school, Head Start programs may implement core strategies like the following:
Implementing an integrated curriculum that addresses the essential domains of school readiness in the ELOF.
Aggregating and analyzing child-level assessment data at least three times per year (except for programs operating less than 90 days, which must do so at least twice within the operating program period) and using that data in combination with other program data to determine grantee progress toward meeting its goals, to inform parents and the community of results, and to direct continuous improvement related to curriculum, instruction, professional development, program design, and other program decisions. (45 CFR 1304.11 (b)(2))
Providing ongoing communication with local schools and other agencies receiving Head Start or Early Head Start children, such as local preschool programs, to exchange information about children and programs and to align services for early learning, health, and family engagement.