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Progress and Empowerment
The Portrait of Child Outcomes is a story
about the Real Stakes for children - Progress, and
the Real Stakes for programs - Empowerment. As programs
continue to enhance their capability to gather and analyze
real-time data on children's progress, they are increasingly
able to use the data where it counts - in providing effective
learning opportunities for children. As a result, the processes
of assessment, goal setting, planning, and outcome documentation
become fully integrated - serving the best interests of
the child. By showing a comprehensive picture of the progress
children are making over time, the Portrait demonstrates
that Head Start programs are not only responsible
for quality learning, they are responsive to children.
Look for Change!
Just as with children and programs, the
Portrait of Child Outcomes is dynamic, continually evolving
and changing. It is intended to present information that
can add to our knowledge base about children' s learning
and stimulate discussion to promote learning.
The Portrait will grow
as new programs join in to add their own data to the story.
The Portrait will change
as it is updated with progress data throughout the program
year.
The Portrait will expand
as new content and new reports are added to create an
increasingly comprehensive picture of the Head Start family.
As the Portrait changes, updated data will be available
throughout the program year. To view updates, simply visit
ATI again and click on the View Real-Time Data button under
Portrait of Child Outcomes.
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