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The Kentucky Early Childhood Standards represent specific learning standard for children through four years of age. These standards are designed as a framework to assist parents, early care and education professionals, administrators, and others in understanding what children are able to know and do from birth through four years of age. Click here to download the Kentucky Early Childhood Standards (Summary).

The Kentucky Early Childhood Parent Guides are two parent guides that will help parents identify activities they can do with their children in their daily schedule that will support children's achievement of the Early Childhood Standards. The following parent guides are available: Kentucky Parent Guides Tip Sheet, Kentucky's Parent Guide: Birth to Three Years of Age (Spanish Version), Kentucky's Parent Guide: Three to Four Years of Age (Spanish Version). To access these guides, click on the link.

The Kentucky Early Childhood Continuous Assessment Guide is a companion piece to the Kentucky Early Childhood Standards . The Continuous Assessment Guide provides support to programs revise and establish a continuous assessment system to measure a child's progress on the Kentucky Early Childhood Standards. Click here to download the Kentucky Early Childhood Continuous Assessment Guide (Summary).

The Kentucky Early Childhood Quality Self Study is designed to assist classrooms and programs in self-assessing and planning for continuous improvement in five key areas associated with quality. The tool is for center based programs serving children from birth to five years of age and is the third in the Building a Strong Foundation For School Success series. Click here to download the Kentucky Early Childhood Quality Self Study (Summary).

Early Childhood Outcomes Initiative: A summary of the history, goals, and objectives for the project are included. Go to link for summary.

Objectives and Activities: The main objectives, activities, and timelines for the Early Childhood Outcomes Initiative are described. The project was begun in October 2004 and will be completed in September 2006. Go to link for further information.

Presentations:

Outcomes Meeting - April 2005 - Salt Lake City. At the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) Outcomes Meeting in April 2005, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Beth Rous, Ed.D., Project Director for Kentucky's Early Childhood Outcomes Initiative and Kim Townley, Ph.D., Acting Early Childhood Division Director for the Kentucky Department of Education presented "Building a Strong Foundation for School Success: Kentucky's Early Childhood Standards and Assessment System." Go to link for presentation: Salt Lake Presentation

OSEP Early Childhood Meeting - February 2005 - Washington DC At the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) meeting in Washington, DC, February 2005, Beth Rous, Ed.D., Project Director for Kentucky's Early Childhood Outcomes Initiative presented "Building a Strong Foundation for School Success: An Overview of the Development Process." Go to link for presentation:OSEP Feb 2005

OSEP Early Childhood Meeting- December 2005-Washington, D.C.
Caroline Gooden, Coordinator, presented “If They Can Do It, You Can Too! Early Childhood Outcomes Systems” with a panel of representatives from OSEP and other states. Click here to view the presentation: OSEP Dec 2005