| Youth
Life Learning Centers are not concerned with simply measuring services
delivered but with constantly accessing effectiveness and progress
toward individualized learning objectives, instilling in children
the confidence that they can become whatever they want. |
At
Youth Life Learning Centers, a comprehensive plan is formulated
for each student based on strengths and weaknesses of the fours
assessment areas. Each student’s Objectives, Procedures, and
Status (OPS) worksheet includes long-term goals and daily objectives
for YLLC staff, parents, and public school teachers. YLLC staff
and students complete an assessment of each objective every six
weeks. Quarterly comprehensive reports track the overall progress
of all Youth Life Learning Centers.
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Average
performance for YLLC fluctuates based primarily on the number of
under-performing students newly enrolled into the program each year,
butgenerally over 85% of these Life Center students are on grade level
and over 70% maintain A or B averages in math and reading.
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| Even
though YLLCs enroll 65 new students in 2007 (a 30% increase), many
of them significantly behind academically, the averages for all
YLLC student still remained high. |
| Average
performance for YLLC fluctuates based primarily on the number of
under-performing students newly enrolled into the program each year,
but generally over 85% of these Life Center students are on grade
level and over 70% maintain A or B averages in math and reading. |
New
Metrics: Beginning in Fall 2007 semester YLLC switched to the Brigance
CIBS-R as the primary tool for assessing students’ academic
strengths and deficiencies. Initial testing showed a general improvement
in math and reading percentiles based on number of years in the
YLLC program. Those tests also revealed new students coming into
the YLLC program tended to be behind national averages and the older
an incoming student, the farther behind they tended to be. |
