The Michigan Department of Education, Office of Great Start (OGS) has been working with contractors at Berry Dunn on reviewing the state’s four early childhood outcomes noted below.
- Children are born healthy.
- Children are healthy, thriving, and developmentally on track from birth to third grade.
- Children are developmentally ready to succeed in school at time of school entry.
- Children are prepared to succeed in fourth grade and beyond by reading proficiently by the end of third grade.
The Early Childhood Outcome 3 Indicator Validation survey is focused on proposed indicators specific to Outcome 3- Children are developmentally ready to succeed in school at time of school entry.
The Michigan Department of Education values stakeholder input, and we invite you to participate in this survey to validate the proposed indicators to support Outcome 3. You can access the survey at the following link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GXF5DPT .
Surveys must be submitted by August 8, 2017.
Please feel free to forward to other early childhood stakeholders and groups, as you deem appropriate.
Thank you for your time and input!
Regards,
Richard Lower, Director
Office of Preschool and Out-of-School Time Learning
Office of Great Start
Michigan Department of Education
517-373-8512
lowerr@michigan.gov
www.michigan.gov/greatstart
