- Assessment
- mCLASS:CIRCLE
- Funding
mCLASS®:CIRCLE™ - Funding
mCLASS:CIRCLE meets the requirements for major funding guidelines for early childhood development.
Early Reading First: Guidelines
| Guideline | mCLASS®:CIRCLE™ |
|---|---|
| Enhance children’s language, cognitive, and early reading skills through professional development for teachers | mCLASS:CIRCLE provides a suite of assessment, grouping, and portfolio-building tools to give teachers immediate feedback on a child’s development. Teachers can quickly review individual progress at any time and use the results to craft targeted, timely, and effective classroom activities. mCLASS:CIRCLE has been shown to improve teacher classroom practice and children’s school readiness as part of a professional development program for teachers of at-risk pre-K children. |
| Provide early language and reading development and instructional materials as developed from scientifically based reading research, and improve existing early childhood programs by integrating scientifically based reading research into all aspects of the program (including instructional materials, teaching strategies, curricula, parent engagement, and professional development) |
mCLASS:CIRCLE was developed in collaboration with the University of Texas Health Science Center’s Children’s Learning Institute and provides reliable and valid assessments of the key early literacy skills outlined by the National Early Literacy Panel. mCLASS:CIRCLE also suggests fun and engaging classroom activities targeted to individual children, the whole class, and suggested groups of children based on assessment results. Group reports on the handheld and Web help teachers and other educators plan group activities targeted to children’s specific needs. |
| Use screening assessments to effectively identify preschool children who may be at risk for reading failure |
The mCLASS:CIRCLE assessment system provides teachers with quick, easy screening measures to observe, monitor, and encourage young children’s development in letter naming, vocabulary, phonological awareness, and mathematics. |
| Ensure students have effective instruction and challenging content | mCLASS Beacon helps teachers analyze formative and interim assessment data to more effectively differentiate instruction to each student's needs. |
Early Reading First: Reporting Requirements
| Reporting requirement | mCLASS®:CIRCLE™ |
|---|---|
| The cost per preschool-aged child participating in Early Reading First programs who achieves a significant gain in oral language skills after each year of implementation |
mCLASS:CIRCLE measures and supports oral language development— specifically, expressive vocabulary and phonological awareness. Children’s performance on brief, reliable measures three times per year is compared against research-based cutpoints to determine gains and suggest appropriate activities. Web-based reporting tools reveal which children have developed age-appropriate oral language skills, as well as the rate of progress for each child. |
| The percentage of preschool-aged children participating in Early Reading First programs who demonstrate age-appropriate oral language skills after each year of implementation |
Web-based reporting tools show which children within a class, school, or program have developed age-appropriate oral language skills. |
| The average number of letters Early Reading First preschool-aged children are able to identify after each year of implementation |
mCLASS:CIRCLE measures and supports children’s letter acquisition using a one-minute measure of letter naming. Technology-enabled assessment of letter naming provides a more accurate and reliable method for assessing young children. |
| The percentage of preschool-aged children participating in Early Reading First programs who achieve significant gains in oral language skills after each year of implementation |
mCLASS:CIRCLE Web-based reports reveal class and individual child performance including which children have made significant gains from beginning to end of year. |
