ECEAP Kindergarten Readiness

ECEAP Kindergarten Readiness

Kindergarten readiness is an outcome indicator for the DCYF priority to create a high-quality, integrated B-8 system. During the 2023-2024 school year, 88% of children who participated in the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) came from families that qualified for Free or Reduced Price Lunch (FRPL). Across the years, children who participate in ECEAP are prepared for kindergarten at higher rates than their FRPL-qualifying peers.

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ECEAP Kindergarten Readiness by Domain, Relative to Income, School Years 2018-2023

  Clustered column chart comparing the percent of kindergarten ready children who come from higher income families to those who come from lower income families and those who participated in ECEAP, by domain, for the school years 2018-2023. The domains presented are Social-Emotional, Math, and Ready in All 6 domains measured by the Washington Kindergarten Inventory of Developing Skills (WaKids). Across all years and for all domains, children from higher-income families are ready at higher rates than lower-income or ECEAP children, but children who participate in ECEAP, and who are mostly also from lower-income families, are ready for kindergarten at higher rates than their peers from lower-income families. In the 2023-2024 school year, 84% of children from higher-income families were ready for kindergarten in the social-emotional domain, compared to 74% of ECEAP participants and 72% of children from lower-income families. In the math domain, 84% of children from higher-income families were ready for kindergarten, compared to 64% of ECEAP participants and 61% of children from lower-income families. And in all six domains measured by WaKIDS, 68% of children from higher-income families were ready for kindergarten, compared to 45% of ECEAP participants and 42% of children from lower-income families
 
Early Learning
Strategic Priority Outcome
Create High Quality, Integrated B-8 System