35.074 - Midwest Child–Parent Centers, Pre-Kindergarten to Third Grade: Impacts of a School Reform Model

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session reports on the implementation and effectiveness of the Midwest Child-Parent Centers MCPC), a PreK-3rd Grade school reform to increase achievement and parent involvement. The program provides continuous education and family support services to schools serving a large percentage of low-income children and in need of improvement. MCPC was established in fall 2012 under a federal Investing in Innovation (i3) grant and has served 4,000 PreK and kindergarten students who will be followed to third grade. The session (a) describes the MCPC, elements, costs, and evidence base; (b) summarizes implementation fidelity in preschool and kindergarten; and (c) presents findings of the impact of the program on early achievement and parent involvement. Discussion focuses on strategies for enhancing university/school collaboration.

Sub Unit

• SIG-School/University Collaborative Research

Chair

• Arthur J. Reynolds, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Papers

• Background, Program Elements, and Costs - Arthur J. Reynolds, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Momoko Hayakawa, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Allyson Joelle Candee, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Judy Temple, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

• Implementation Fidelity in Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten - Mallory Warner-Richter, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Erin Lease, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Molly Sullivan, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities; Michelle M. Englund, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

• Impacts on School Readiness and Parent Involvement - Erika Gaylor, SRI International; Katherine Ferguson, SRI International; Donna Spiker, SRI International

Discussants

• Christopher Rosean, Chicago Public Schools

• Michelle Lamboley, McLean County Unit 5 School District

• Jenna Ruble, Saint Paul Public Schools

• John Price, District 65