Announcing 26th Annual RECAP Report
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Children’s Institute, in partnership with the Rochester City School District Office of Early Childhood, is pleased to announce the publication of the 26th annual report of the Rochester Early Childhood Assessment Partnership (RECAP) - Children's Institute Technical Report T23-001.
Since 1992, RECAP has been a key partner in Rochester, NY’s early care and education system, which ranks among the highest in the United States. RECAP plays a foundational role in promoting positive child outcomes and program quality improvements in our community by documenting and contributing to the achievements of high-performing early care and education systems.
Key findings from the report include:
- Classrooms have maintained high levels of quality despite challenges posed by the post-COVID environment. Using the ECERS-3 measurement tool, RCSD pre-K classroom quality scored an average of 5.4 out of 7, which is considered “good”.
- The 2022-2023 pre-K class had significant developmental needs. On the New Entrants Screening, more than half of all students were flagged in at least one area (vision, hearing, motor, and language).
- There were 40% of pre-K-3 students in fall and 36% in spring who had multiple domains of social-emotional risk (including task orientation, behavior control, peer social skills, and assertive social skills). There were 32% of pre-K-4 students in fall and 29% in spring who had multiple areas of social emotional risk.
- There were 46% of pre-K-4 students who were kindergarten ready in spring 2023. This was a 2% improvement from the previous year, but still lower than historic, pre-COVID levels.
- Attendance was a critical problem in 2022-23: Most children (54% of 3-year-olds and 51% of 4-year-olds) were considered chronically absent (missing 20% or more school days).
- Pre-K students and their families have more needs than ever before. In RECAP’s annual Family Survey, caregivers reported needs in the areas of childcare (16%), reliable transportation (15%), and food (11%). Further, 1 out of every 5 students experienced the death of a close family member in the past year.
- Results on the pre-K bilingual classrooms are promising! The data showed that English Language Learners in these classrooms had more growth in their English language skills compared to English Language Learners in non-bilingual classrooms.
Children’s Institute Technical Report T23-001: Duprey, E.B., Embt, K.M., Macgowan, A., McFall, J., Strano, L., White, A.M., Peelle, D., Whittington, R., Hooper, R., Van Wagner, G., Murray, L., Cone, G., Avery, K. (2023).
Rochester Early Childhood Assessment Partnership 2022-2023 twenty-sixth annual report