Bloomington/Richfield Early Reading First (ERF)
Get Ready Centers of Excellence
CAREI is conducting a longitudinal evaluation of the
Bloomington/Richfield Early Reading First (ERF) program, a
federally funded competitive grant program.
Reports from Years I and II are available below. The final
report will be available in November 2007.
Student Population
The Bloomington/Richfield program targets children aged 3-5
who face challenges in being ready for school, including
children from low-income families and English language learners.
Goals
- Improve
children’s language and early reading skills
- Make
participants competitive with peers at Kindergarten entrance
- Improve
classroom environments so that they are intentionally literacy
focused
- Build
teacher capacity
Phases
- The first
year of the program ran from January to July in 2005 and
enrolled 4-year-olds.
- The second
year of the program ran from September 2005 to July 2006, and
enrolled both 3- and 4-year-olds.
- Bloomington/Richfield ERF is currently in its third year.
Evaluation Team
- Kyla Wahlstrom, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator
- Judy Hornbacher, Ph.D. – Project Manager
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