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Michelle ConnavinoOperations and Outreach SpecialistPRE4CLE

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PRE4CLE: Using Data to Drive Cleveland’s

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• PRE4CLE is a plan to ensure all 3- and 4-year-old children in Cleveland have access to high-quality preschool.• Launched in 2014• Part of The Cleveland Plan for Transforming

Schools • Public-Private partnership

PRE4CLE

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PRE4CLE Strategies

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Preschool in Cleveland

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• When we started:• 50% of children

kindergarten ready• 23% of Cleveland’s

children in high-quality preschool

• 20% of high-quality slots were unfilled

• Unequal distribution in Cleveland neighborhoods

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PRE4CLE Benchmarks

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• Includes all children born in Cuyahoga County since 1992

• Draws on routinely available administrative data

• Brings together data at the individual child level for longitudinal analyses

• Started with focus on young children, recently adding older youth, transition to adulthood, and linked parent records

• 500,000 children and counting

• Managed by Case Western Reserve University

• Privacy measures in place

ChildHood Integrated Longitudinal Data (CHILD) System

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CHILD System

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• Bracken School Readiness Assessment

• After Year 1, 80% of children in PRE4CLE classrooms are on track for kindergarten readiness

Achievement Data

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• Individual preschool provider data

• After Year 1:• The number of high-quality preschool seats

expanded by 1,215 • Enrollment in high-quality preschool

increased by 10%

Enrollment Data

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Neighborhood Analysis

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Transportation Analysis

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Michelle ConnavinoPRE4CLE Operations & Outreach Specialist

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