EEC Board Meeting June 11, 2013 Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant (RTT-ELC)

EEC Board MeetingJune 11, 2013

Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant (RTT-ELC)

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RTT-ELC Grant Overview

$50 million awarded for the Massachusetts Early Learning Plan from 2012 to 2015

Funding to accelerate EEC’s existing work and start new initiatives that build on MA’s comprehensive early education system

12 RTT-ELC Projects in Program Quality, Educator Quality, Screening & Assessment, Family & Community Engagement, and Infrastructure

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RTT-ELC Grant

Funding for EEC’s priority areas (over four years):

Program Quality: $14,968,578

Educator Quality: $10,449,375

Screening & Assessments: $5,743,068

Family & Community Engagement: $7,870,004

Infrastructure: $10,968,974

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Program Quality: $14,968,578

QRIS program improvement grants Multilingual translation of QRIS and early learning

standards English language development standards Business planning course Quality Rating & Improvement System (QRIS) online

courses Scholarships for educators in QRIS programs QRIS health advisors QRIS validation study

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Educator Quality: $10,449,375

Early Educators Fellowship Institute Post-master’s certificate in Early Education Research,

Policy and Leadership Media partnership with WGBH to create early learning

resources for educators and parents Readiness Centers Analysis of professional development data Validation study of educator competencies Higher education for educators who are English language

learners Peer assistance and coaching Exceptional Educator and Exceptional Instructional Leader

Award Brain Building in Progress

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Screening & Assessment: $5,743,068

Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) toolkits and trainings to help parents learn about child development

Formative assessment tools for public school teachers in MKEA

Development of a common metric based on assessment data

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Family & Community Engagement: $7,870,004

Partnership with museums and libraries Birth to Grade Three strategy development Financial education for families Family and adult literacy Brazelton Touchpoints training Media partnership with WGBH to create early

learning resources for educators and parents

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Infrastructure: $10,968,974

Development of an Early Childhood Information System (ECIS)

Interagency partnerships funded with RTT-ELC and state funds:• Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) • Department of Higher Education (DHE) • Department of Public Health (DPH) • Department of Children and Families (DCF) • Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)• Department of Mental Health (DMH) • Office of Refugees and Immigrants (ORI) • Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) • The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF)

EEC staffing and administration

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RTT-ELC Performance Measures

Performance Measure B2c

• Increasing the # and % of various early learning and development programs participating in QRIS

Performance Measure B4c1

• Increasing the # and % of early learning and development programs in the top tiers of QRIS

Performance Measure B4c2

• Increasing the # and % of high needs children enrolled in programs that are in the top tiers of QRIS

Performance Measure D2d1

• Increasing the # of early childhood educators receiving credentials from post secondary institutions and professional development providers aligned with EEC Core Competencies

Performance Measure D2d2

• Increasing the # and % of early childhood educators who are progressing to higher levels of credentials

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Increasing the # and % of various early learning and development programs participating in QRIS

Type of ProgramNumber of programs in the state

Baseline # Baseline %2012 Actual # (target)

2012 Actual % (target)

2013 Actual (target)



UPK 166 192 89% 166100% (100%)

(216 or 100%) (216 or 100%)

(216 or 100%)

Inclusive Early Learning Environments 164 25 15% 69 (50) 45% (30%)

(164 or 100%) (164 or 100%)

(164 or 100%)

Early Head Start and Head Start 214 112 51% 214

100% (100%)

(221 or 100%) (221 or 100%)

(221 or 100%)

Program funded by IDEA, part B, section 619 504 29 6% 70 (102) 14% (20%) (229 or 45%) (356 or 70%)

(508 or 100%)

Programs funded under Title I of ESEA 172 18 11% 28 (34) 16% (20%) (56 or 33%) (112 or 66%)

(128 or 100%)

Programs receving CCDF funds 8469 1088 26% 7327 (8406) 85% (100%)

(8406 or 100%)

(8406 or 100%)

(8406 or 100%)

License exempt programs 75 25 33%

136 (26) 79% (35%) (27 or 40%) (33 or 45%) (37 or 50%)

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Increasing the # and % of early learning and development programs in the top tiers of QRIS

Baseline #2012 Actual (target)




Total number of programs covered by QRIS 1345 7327 (8187) (8647) (8647) (8647)

Number of programs in Level 1 1111 4361 (222) (722) (922) (1022)




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Increasing the # and % of high needs children enrolled in programs that are in the top tiers of QRIS

Type of Program

Number high needs children in programs

Baseline # Baseline %2012 Actual # (target)





UPK 5844 4308 70%5844 (6193)

100% (100%)

(6193 or 100%)

(6193 or 100%)

(6193 or 100%)

Inclusive Early Learning Environments 6936 (6002) 2911 49%

1915 (3301) 27% (55%)

(1892 or 65%)

(4501 or 75%)

(6002 or 100%)

Early Head Start and Head Start 16469 9614 58%

10770 (10751) 65% (65%)

(12405 or 75%)

(14059 or 85%)

(6193 or 100%)

Program funded by IDEA, part B, section 619 14915 204 13%

3594 (3721)

24% (25%)

(7441or 50%)

(11162 or 75%)

(14882 or 100%)

Programs funded under Title I of ESEA 11167 662 4%

1164 (2963) 10% (25%)

(5926 or 50%)

(8889 or 75%)

(11852 or 100%)

Programs receving CCDF funds 14756 13153 89%

14000 (8406)

95% (100%)

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Increasing the # of early childhood educators receiving credentials from post secondary institutions and professional development providers aligned with EEC Core Competencies

Baseline (from Application)

2012 Actual (target)2013 Actual (target)



Total # of "aligned" institutions and providers

26 Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) are aligned with EEC Core Competencies

Actual: 37 Target: 32 IHEs (6 add'l public IHEs with associate & bachelor degrees programs in ECE; 100% of public IHEs aligned with EEC Core Competencies

Target: 40 IHEs (8 add'l private IHEs with associates and bachelor degree programs in ECE)

Target: 49 IHEs (9add'l private IHEs with associates and bachelor degree programs in ECE)

Target: 58 IHEs (9add'l private IHEs with associates and bachelor degree programs in ECE); 100% of state's IHEs aligned with EEC Core Competencies

Total # of early educators credentialed by an "aligned" institution or provider

1017 early educators are credentialed by an aligned IHE in academic year 2010-2011

Actual: 1670 Target: 1098 early educators credentialed by aligned IHEs (8% increase from previous year)

Target: 1179 early educators credentialed by aligned IHEs (8% increase from previous year)



Baseline Data: 26 IHEs are aligned with EEC Core Competencies (actual data). The baseline number of IHEs came from Institutions of Higher Education Mapping Project. The IHE Mapping Project included all public IHEs and a few private (2-4 year) IHEs with early childhood degree programs.

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Increasing the # and % of early childhood educators who are progressing to higher levels of credentials

Progression of credentials (aligned with Workforce Knowledge & Competency Framework)

Baseline # (from application)

Baseline % (from application)

2012 Actual # (target)





Credential Type 1: child development associate/ECE certificate

4001 10% 4639 (4076) 10%(4226 or 10%)

(4451or 11%)

(4751 or 11%)

Credential Type 2: associate's degree in ECE

1020 2% 224 (1270) 0.5% (1570 or 4%) (1920 or 5%) (2320 or 6%)

Credential Type 3: bachelor's degree in ECE

557 1% 227 (657) 0.5% (832 or 2%) (1057 or 3%) (1357 or 3%)

Credential Type 4: post graduate degree in ECE (M.Ed & Ph.D)

103 0% 1089 (153) 2%(203 or 0.5%)

(253 or 1%) (303 or 1%)

Baseline data: Number of educators credentialed by IHEs align with EEC Core Competencies is from DHE, however the data is limited due to discrepancies in how IHEs report data to DHE (private IHEs are not required to report this data to DHE). Child Development Associate baseline data is actual data from the Council for Professional Recognition. Baseline data for the degree programs is from DHE.

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RTT-ELC Moving Forward

2013 State Leadership Retreat in September

Assessing progress of RTT-ELC implementation

Sustaining RTT-ELC funded activities beyond 2015

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Documents

EEC Board Meeting June 11, 2013 Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant (RTT-ELC)