Literacy Task Force
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Literacy Task Force
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Literacy
Advisory
Group
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What is Literacy?
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Disparities in Early Vocabulary Growth
16 mos. 24 mos. 36 mos.
Cum
ulat
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Voca
bula
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College Educated Parents
Working Class Parents
Welfare Parents
Child’s Age (Months)
200
600
1200
Source: Hart & Risley (1995) 5
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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
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ECHOS Results 2007-08 Through 2009-10
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•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
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Source. Florida’s Graduation Rates from FDOE Education Information and Accountability Department
Increase in Graduation Rate
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Source. Florida’s Graduation Rates from FDOE Education Information and Accountability Department
Proficiency Rates
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Acad
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Broward County Public SchoolsPillars for Student Success Task Force Initiatives
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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.