Early Learning / Prekindergarten
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Accountability
The VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate measures how well a VPK provider prepares four-year-olds to be ready for kindergarten based upon Florida’s VPK Education Standards. The results of the Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener (FLKRS) are used to calculate a provider’s rate.The Florida Department of Education/State Board of Education is required to calculate a kindergarten readiness rate every year for each private or public school VPK provider of either the school-year (540-hour) or summer (300-hour) program.
Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener Results
2007-08 Kindergarten Readiness Rates Fact Sheet (PDF, 42KB)
- The Voluntary Prekindergarten Program (VPK) Readiness Rates measure how well a private or public VPK provider prepared four-year-olds for kindergarten.
2007-08 VPK vs. Non-VPK Comparisons on Kindergarten Screening (RTF, 303KB)
- The kindergarten screening instruments used for 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 included the Early Childhood Observation System™ (ECHOS) and the first two measures of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills™ (DIBELS); Letter Naming Fluency and Initial Sound Fluency. Children that are considered “Ready for Kindergarten” on ECHOS have scored at the “Demonstrating” or “Emerging/Progressing” levels. Children considered “Ready for Kindergarten” on DIBELS have scored at the “Above Average” or “Low Risk” levels.
VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate
- January 21, 2009 - State Board of Education Meeting
- Setting the Minimum 2007-08 Voluntary PreKindergarten (VPK) Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate (PDF, 47KB) –State Board of Education Agenda Item
- Section 1002.69, Florida Statutes (PDF, 16KB)
- Rule 6A-1.099821, Voluntary Prekindergarten (VPK) Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate (PDF, 22KB)
- 2007-08 VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Rate Presentation (PDF, 316KB)
2007-08 VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Data Book
Summary Data
- Number of Providers by Provider and Program Type (Excel, 17KB)
- Providers in Rate by Coalition (Alpha Order) (Excel, 19KB)
- Providers in Rate by Coalition (Ordered by Percent) (Excel, 19KB)
- Children Included in Counts (Excel, 16KB)
- Children and Providers in Rate (Excel, 20KB)
- Average Readiness Rate by Program Type (Excel, 18KB)
- Average Readiness Rate by Provider Type (Excel, 19KB)
Demographic Data
- English Language Learners
- Number by Provider Type (Excel, 28KB)
- Number by Program Type (Excel, 20KB)
- Number by Provider Quartile (Excel, 18KB)
- Free or Reduced Lunch
- Number by Provider Type (Excel, 23KB)
- Number by Program Type (Excel, 20KB)
- Number by Provider Quartile (Excel, 20KB)
- Student’s With Disabilities
- Number by Provider Type (Excel, 23KB)
- Number by Program Type (Excel, 20KB)
- Number by Provider Quartile (Excel, 20KB)

