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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

2007-08 VPK Provider Kindergarten Readiness Data Book

Summary Data

Demographic Data