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Kelly Kulsrud, EdM Nonie K. Lesaux, PhD

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Promo%ng Literacy for All Children

Public Awareness Events

Book bags/book distribu/on

A<er-School Tutoring Summer Programs Family Educa%on Workshops Library Programming Home Visiting

Text Messaging Campaigns Volunteer- based Vision Screening Services

Literature Circles Writer’s Workshop

Literacy blocks

Guided Reading Phonics Instruction

Today’s Na%onal Context

Increased Investments & Momentum

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Key PiHall #1

Disconnect Between What We’ve Invested in and What We Expect

Lec%o’s Work: Capitalizing on the Promise & Efforts

Addressing Some Key Challenges and PiCalls

Intensity

• - Time, Money, Human Capital --

Raising Awareness Changing Behaviors

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Outputs

• Products of

program ac%vi%es

Outcomes

• Changes in

par%cipants’ behaviors, knowledge, and skills

Intended Results

Kellogg Founda/on, 2004

(# of books distributed, # of tutoring hours, a4endance rates)

Key PiHall #2:

Limited/unclear informaGon on impact

• Using outputs as indicators of effec%veness rather than outcomes
• No clear informa%on about whether the program or support is

having the intended effect

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Promo%ng Literacy for All Children

Public Awareness Events

Book bags/ book distribu/on

A<er-School Tutoring Summer Programs Family Educa%on Workshops Library Programming Home Visi%ng

Text Messaging Campaigns

Volunteer- based Vision Screening Services

Writer’s Workshop

Literacy blocks

Key PiHall #3:

Need for more strategic coordinaGon

• Some%mes inefficient

redundancies

• Confusion among

stakeholders and providers

• Ini%a%ve fa%gue
• Reading, health,

cradle to career, etc.

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Our Response:

What does the next stage of work look like for communi/es, school districts, states, and funders?

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The Lec%o Approach

ShiIing to a More Coordinated, High-Impact Approach

Impact Analysis at Two Levels:

• Gaining a clearer understanding about how and why a program leads (or

does not lead) to the intended outcome

Individual (Program, Support)

• Iden/fying gaps in programming and/or a lack of strategic coordina/on

Collec%ve (Community, District, etc.)

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Promo%ng Literacy for All Children

Public Awareness Events

Book bags/ book distribu/on

A<er- School Tutoring Summer Programs

Family Educa%on Workshops

Library Programming Home Visiting

Text Messaging Campaigns Volunteer- based Vision Screening Services

Literature Circles Writer’s Workshop

Literacy blocks

Guided Reading

Case Example: Priori%za%on and Strategic Planning

LecGo Approach in AcGon

Population Profile Ÿ Delivery Mechanism ŸDosage ŸStaff DevelopmentŸEvaluation

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RESULTING DECISIONS

• Further investments in

those programs demonstra/ng measurable impact

• Streamline awareness-

raising efforts to only those gaining trac/on

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Lec%o / Read On Partnership

Taking the Work to the Next Level

• Crea/ng a strategic map within all communi/es and state-level ini/a/ves
• Ensuring coordina/on and cohesion across B-8 health and literacy ini/a/ves
• Building the capacity of Read On partners to:
• effecGvely analyze their programs, services, and ini/a/ves to ensure they are aligned

with the goals and outcomes;

• bePer idenGfy effec/ve programs and services
• aggregate data at the programma/c level and understand its influence on the

collec/ve landscape

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