LCS collected and analyzed data on over 3,000 4-year-olds across 310 schools to measure progress toward school readiness and ensure children are prepared. Between fall 2014 and spring 2015, the percentage of children at an advanced level for critical school readiness skills grew significantly from 14% to 66%, showing that most children are highly prepared for elementary school success. LCS is a digital lesson planning tool that links student assessment data to customized lesson plans tailored to each child's developmental needs and growth.

1. With Learning Care System (LCS), our exclusive digital lesson planning tool,
we collected and analyzed data on 3,073 4-YEAR-OLDS ACROSS 310 SCHOOLS.
HOW OUR ASSESSMENT WORKED
SPRING 2015
Measuring progress toward school readiness.
Ensuring every child is prepared.
LCS was developed (and this research conducted) in partnership with Assessment Technology, Inc. (ATI), a leading provider of valid and reliable assessment, curriculum, and reporting services, with more than 500 clients
nationwide (including Head Start, K-12 and public early childhood programs, special education and private early childhood programs in 34 states).
Learning Care Group and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity providers and employers. ©2015 Learning Care Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
PHYSICAL
DEVELOPMENT & HEALTH
LANGUAGE LITERACY
LOGIC & REASONING
SOCIAL STUDIES MATHNATURE & SCIENCE
Teachers create customized curriculum to
meet each child’s developmental needs.
Through LCS, we are able to assess each child’s specific growth. Our focus is on:
CRITICAL SCHOOL-READINESS
SKILLS IN
DEVELOPMENTAL
DOMAINS:
FALL 2014
ADVANCED
CHANGES IN ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS
41%
14%
45%
INTERMEDIATE
BEGINNING
7%
66%
27%
ADVANCED
INTERMEDIATE
BEGINNING
WHY OUR ASSESSMENT MATTERS
MEET OUR EDUCATION EXPERT
Susan Canizares, Ph.D., is Chief Academic
Officer of Learning Care Group. She has a Ph.D.
in language and literacy development from
Fordham University and a master’s degree in
special education from New York University. A
noted authority on early childhood education and
educational publishing, Susan frequently presents
at influential education conferences.
APPROACHES
TO LEARNING
CREATIVE ARTS
EXPRESSION
SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
BECAUSE
NO TWO
LESSON PLANS
ARE THE SAME.
NO TWO CHILDREN
ARE THE SAME.
This means, between fall 2014 and spring
2015, we saw significant growth—from
14 to 66 percent—in the number of
4-year-olds in our program who were at
an advanced level for mastering critical
school readiness skills—and so highly
prepared for elementary school success.
Learn more at learningcaregroup.com.
LCS links student observation and
assessment to lesson planning.