Race to the Top Early Learning
Challenge Grant Performance
Measures
EEC Board Policy Committee
May 6, 2013
RTT-ELC Grant Overview
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$50 million awarded for the Massachusetts Early
Learning Plan 2012-2015
Funding to accelerate EEC’s existing work and
start new initiatives that build on MA’s
comprehensive early education system
12 RTT-ELC Projects in Program Quality, Educator
Quality, Screening & Assessment, Family &
Community Engagement, and Infrastructure
RTT-ELC Grant
Funding for EEC’s priority areas:
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Program Quality: $14,968,578
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Educator Quality: $10,449,375
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Screening & Assessments: $5,743,068
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Family & Community Engagement: $7,870,004
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Infrastructure: $10,968,974
Program Quality: $14,968,578
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Quality Rating & Improvement System (QRIS) online
courses
QRIS program improvement grants
Scholarships for educators in QRIS programs
QRIS health advisors
Business planning course
QRIS validation study
English language development standards
Multilingual translation of QRIS and early learning
standards
Educator Quality: $10,449,375
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Early Educators Fellowship Institute
Readiness Centers
Analysis of professional development data
Validation study of educator competencies
Higher education for educators who are English
language learners
Post-master’s certificate in Early Education Research,
Policy and Leadership
Peer assistance and coaching
Exceptional Educator and Exceptional Instructional
Leader Award
Brain Building in Progress
Media partnership with WGBH to create early learning
resources for educators and parents
Screening & Assessment: $5,743,068
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Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) toolkits and
trainings to help parents learn about child
development
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Formative assessment tools for public school teachers
in MKEA
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Development of a common metric based on
assessment data
Family & Community Engagement: $7,870,004
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Financial education for families
Family and adult literacy
Partnership with museums and libraries
Brazelton Touchpoints training
Birth to Grade Three strategy development
Media partnership with WGBH to create early
learning resources for educators and parents
Infrastructure: $10,968,974
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EEC staffing and administration
Interagency partnerships funded with RTT-ELC and
state funds:
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Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE)
Department of Higher Education (DHE)
Department of Public Health (DPH)
Department of Children and Families (DCF)
Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)
Department of Mental Health (DMH)
Office of Refugees and Immigrants (ORI)
Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA)
The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF)
Development of an Early Childhood Information
System (ECIS)
RTT-ELC Performance Measure B2c
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Type of Program
Number of
programs in Baseline #
the state
Baseline %
2012 Actual 2012 Actual 2013 Actual 2014 Actual
# (target)
% (target) (target)
(target)
UPK
166
192
89%
166
Inclusive Early
Learning
Environments
164
25
15%
69
Early Head Start
and Head Start
214
112
51%
214
Program funded by
IDEA, part B,
section 619
504
29
6%
70
Programs funded
under Title I of
ESEA
18
11%
28
Programs receving
CCDF funds
8469
1088
26%
(8406 or
7327 (8406) 85% (100%) 100%)
(8406 or
100%)
(8406 or
100%)
License exempt
programs
25
33%
136
(26)
(33 or 45%)
(37 or 50%)
172
75
100%
(100%)
2015 Actual
(target)
(216 or
100%)
(216 or
(216 or 100%) 100%)
(164 or
(50) 45% (30%) 100%)
(164 or
(164 or 100%) 100%)
100%
(100%)
(221 or
100%)
(221 or
(221 or 100%) 100%)
(508 or
(102) 14% (20%) (229 or 45%) (356 or 70%) 100%)
(34) 16% (20%) (56 or 33%)
79% (35%) (27 or 40%)
(128 or
(112 or 66%) 100%)
RTT-ELC Performance Measure B4c1
2012 Actual
(target)
2013 Actual
(target)
2014 Actual
(target)
2015 Actual
(target)
Total number of
programs
covered by QRIS 1345
7327 (8187)
(8647)
(8647)
(8647)
Number of
programs in
Level 1
1111
4361 (222)
(722)
(922)
(1022)
Number of
programs in
Level 2
86
2280
(4)
(9)
(17)
(43)
Number of
programs in
Level 3
84
291
(1)
(2)
(3)
(5)
Number of
programs in
Level 4
9
33
(2)
(3)
(4)
Baseline #
10
(1)
RTT-ELC Performance Measure B4c2
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Type of
Program
Number high
2012
needs
Baseline # Baseline % Actual #
children in
(target)
programs
UPK
5844
4308
70%
Inclusive Early
Learning
Environments 6936
(6002) 2911
Early Head
Start and Head
Start
16469
Program
funded by
IDEA, part B,
section 619
2012
Actual %
(target)
2013
Actual
(target)
2014
Actual
(target)
2015
Actual
(target)
5844
(6193)
100%
(100%)
(6193 or
100%)
(6193 or
100%)
(6193 or
100%)
49%
1915
(3301)
(1892 or
27% (55%) 65%)
(4501 or
75%)
(6002 or
100%)
9614
58%
10770
(10751)
(12405 or
65% (65%) 75%)
(14059 or
85%)
(6193 or
100%)
14915
204
13%
3594
(3721)
24%
(25%)
(11162 or
75%)
(14882 or
100%)
Programs
funded under
Title I of ESEA 11167
662
4%
1164
(2963)
(5926 or
10% (25%) 50%)
(8889 or
75%)
(11852 or
100%)
Programs
receving CCDF
funds
14756
13153
89%
14000
(8406)
95%
(100%)
(7441or
50%)
RTT-ELC Performance Measure D2d1
Baseline (from
Application)
2012 Actual
(target)
Actual: 37
Target: 32 IHEs (6
26 Institutions of add'l public IHEs
Higher
with associate &
Total # of
"aligned"
Education (IHE) bachelor degrees
institutions and are aligned with programs in ECE;
providers
EEC Core
100% of public
Competencies IHEs aligned with
EEC Core
Competencies
Total # of early
educators
credentialed by
an "aligned"
institution or
provider
Actual: 1670
1017 early
Target: 1098 early
educators are
educators
credentialed by
credentialed by
an aligned IHE in
aligned IHEs (8%
academic year
increase from
2010-2011
previous year)
2013 Actual
(target)
2014 Actual
(target)
2015 Actual
(target)
Target: 58 IHEs
(9add'l private IHEs
Target: 40 IHEs (8 Target: 49 IHEs
with associates and
add'l private IHEs (9add'l private
bachelor degree
with associates
IHEs with
programs in ECE);
and bachelor
associates and
100% of state's
degree programs in bachelor degree
IHEs aligned with
ECE)
programs in ECE)
EEC Core
Competencies
Target: 1179 early
educators
credentialed by
aligned IHEs (8%
increase from
previous year)
Target: 1260 early
educators
credentialed by
aligned IHEs (8%
increase from
previous year)
Target: 1341 early
educators
credentialed by
aligned IHEs (8%
increase from
previous year)
Baseline Data: 26 IHEs are aligned with EEC Core Competencies (actual data). The baseline number of IHEs came from Institutions
of Higher Education Mapping Project. The IHE Mapping Project included all public IHEs and a few private (2-4 year) IHEs with early
childhood degree programs.
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RTT-ELC Performance Measure D2d2
Progression of
credentials (aligned
with Workforce
Knowledge &
Competency
Framework)
Credential Type 1:
child development
associate/ECE
certificate
Baseline # Baseline % 2012
Actual #
(from
(from
application) application) (target)
2012
Actual %
(target)
2013
Actual
(target)
2014
Actual
(target)
2015
Actual
(target)
10%
4639 (4076) 10%
(4226 or
10%)
(4451or
11%)
(4751 or
11%)
Credential Type 2:
associate's degree in 1020
ECE
2%
224 (1270) 0.5%
(1570 or
4%)
(1920 or
5%)
(2320 or
6%)
Credential Type 3:
bachelor's degree in 557
ECE
1%
227
(832 or 2%)
(1057 or
3%)
(1357 or
3%)
Credential Type 4:
post graduate degree 103
in ECE (M.Ed & Ph.D)
0%
1089 (153) 2%
(203 or
0.5%)
(253 or 1%) (303 or 1%)
4001
(657) 0.5%
Baseline data: Number of educators credentialed by IHEs align with EEC Core Competencies is from DHE,
however the data is limited due to discrepancies in how IHEs report data to DHE (private IHEs are not required to
report this data to DHE). Child Development Associate baseline data is actual data from the Council for
Professional Recognition. Baseline data for the degree programs is from DHE.
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