@ 2006 Mothers' Club Family Learning Center
980 N. Fair Oaks Avenue, Pasadena CA 91103
Office: (626) 792-2687 Fax: (626) 793-1832

The Power of Parents & Children Achieving Outcomes Together

While the staff at Mothers’ Club inherently knows that our programs make a significant impact on the families we serve, we have a thorough evaluation approach that includes both process and outcome evaluation, and utilizes quantitative and qualitative data collection with nationally recognized, standardized assessment tools.  Our evaluation process helps us to measure progress in accomplishing our goals and helps ensure continuous program improvement.  We revise our evaluation plan each year to reflect our program goals and measurable objectives for parents and children. 

• 2007 Outcomes for Children
• 2007 Outcomes For Parents
• 2007 Attendance & Retention Rates

 

Summary of 2007 Program Evaluation Results

For Early Childhood Education

The Desired Results Development Profile Revised (DRDP-R) is an observation-based assessment instrument used by teachers to determine how each child is developing towards achieving the four Desired Results for children: social/emotional, cognitive, physical, and health/safety.  The DRDP-R is the authorized evaluation instrument used in all Head Start and state preschool programs in California.  Assessments are completed throughout the year (according to the tool’s age-defined schedule) by our trained ECE teachers.

1. For Five-Year-Olds Entering Kindergarten: At post testing, 100% of children achieved a “building” or “integrating” (comparable to a 4 or 5 out of 5 scale) level 98% of the time.
2. For Children Birth through Four-Years-Old (children not entering kindergarten):  At post-testing, 100% of children demonstrated growth for each skill assessed in all areas using the DRDP-R.

The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) English Oral Language Assessmentis is a wide-range measure of receptive vocabulary for standard English, and a screening test of verbal ability.  The Even Start Family Literacy program indicator is that 50% of children make a 4 point gain between pre-testing and post testing.  Mothers’ Club exceeded the indicator with 88% of preschoolers achieving a 4 point gain.

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For Adult Education

Of the adults studying ESL who were post-tested after 100 hours of class time, 74% achieved a 3-5 point gain in their CASAS test score, demonstrating a significant increase in their English language writing skills. 

For Family Literacy

For families in our family literacy program (comprised of four components: adult ed, parent ed, early childhood education, and parent/child interactive literacy activities), we utilize the CA-ESPIRS survey to measure the amount of literacy activities in the home and parental support of children’s education.  Of the 38 families in our four component program in 2006-2007, 76% were returning families, having been served by Mothers’ Club for more than 12 months.  Of those families, after participating in a minimum of 50 hours of family literacy instruction, the CA-ESPIRS revealed the following growth: 

• 96% of parents reported reading to their children 3 or more time per week, increased from 85% at the beginning of the year
• 90% of parents reported having a library card, increased from 78% at the beginning of the year
• 93% of parents reported borrowing children’s books on a weekly basis
• 96% of parents reported maintaining a home library consisting of a minimum of 25 children’s books
• 95% of parents reported reading to their children 3 or more times per week, increased from 85% at the beginning of the year
• 100% of parents reported engaging in 3 of 5 interactive reading behaviors

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For Attendance & Retention



• 95% of families served remained in the program for the entire year or met their personal goals and completed the program.
• Families attended the program 87% of the time they committed to.

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