A substantial part of Peake’s mission is to ensure all children are school ready when they leave us. One way we measure our success is through our work with the Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program (VKRP). VKRP includes a coordinated set of assessments that measure children’s skills in early literacy and language, mathematics, self-regulation, social skills, and mental health well-being.
As part of our partnership with VKRP, Peake was recently featured on their blog, designed to shine the spotlight on school divisions and programs across Virginia where educators are using creative strategies to successfully implement the VKRP assessments, use the VKRP data, and/or leverage the VKRP instructional resources to support their youngest learners.
Here is a snippet from that blog post:
The VKRP fall window provides an opportunity to collect data on how students are doing as they enter the classroom, showing strengths and areas for growth. Peake is committed to using VKRP data to reflect on their progress and set goals. Peake’s Jennifer Parish and Sherry Custis emphasized that VKRP data provides a clear pathway to understand how children grow because they plan to use the growth reports available after the spring window.
Parish and Custis shared their collaborative approach to analyzing VKRP data. After each assessment period, they reviewed the available data at each of the levels: program, classroom, and student. In this preliminary analysis, they identified key areas to guide conversations with teachers. After the assessment window closed, they met with lead teachers as a group. They purposefully shared an overview of the Peake’s data––highlighted how VKRP data supports the Peake Childhood Center Strategic Plan and explained how VKRP data shines a light on accountability and a pathway to meeting their goals.
To view the full blog, visit https://vkrponline.org/highlighting-programs-around-the-commonwealth/
