Research & Validation | PreK On My Way Pilot Study Report

Final Report: Implementation and Pilot Study

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PKOMW Students (n = 21)

Comparison Students (n = 12)

Cognitive/Social

114.50

38.11

113.18

25.26

Emotions/Regulation 31.00 Note. This table shows whole-group ANCOVA analyses. There were no significant differences between PKOMW students and Comparison students ’ school readiness scores when controlling for DLL status, household income, parents’ highest level of education, and number of students in their classrooms. 98.35 36.90 103.03

Descriptive Analyses of Children Identified as DLLs

The PKOMW curriculum includes specific supports to facilitate learning and language development for DLL students. DLLs, or students who had a home language other than English were included in this set of analyses (whether they passed the English language screener or not). Due to this focus, we sought to determine if there were differences in scores between DLL students (n = 9) in the PKOMW classrooms and those in the comparison (n = 9) classrooms. Prior to conducting analyses, we examined differences between demographic variables, English screener, and number of students in the classroom across both conditions (see Table 7). These descriptive analyses show that a higher proportion of DLL students in PKOMW classrooms came from household with higher income, and had parents with higher levels of education, and were in classrooms with a smaller number of students, all of which have been found to be associated with child outcomes (Kim et al., 2014). We also found that DLL students in the comparison group ( M = 18.78, SD = 1.72) had marginally higher scores on the English screener than those in the PKOMW group ( M = 14.78, SD = 7.64).

Table 7. Descriptive Analyses of Children Identified as DLLs in PKOMW and Comparison Classrooms

PKOMW DLL Students (n = 9)

Comparison DLL Students (n = 9)

Overall DLL Sample (N = 18)

Sex

Boy

22.20%

56.60%

33.30%

Girl

77.80%

44.40%

66.70%

Household Income

Below $15,000

0

22.20%

11.10%

$15,000-$25, 000

0

22.20%

11.10%

$25, 001-$35, 000

0

11.10%

5.60%

$35, 001-$50,000

11.10%

44.40%

27.80%

$50,001-$65,000

0

11.10%

5.60%

$65,001 or more

44.40%

22.20%

33.30%

Parent Highest Education

8th grade or less

0

11.10%

5.60%

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