Avance-Dallas
Results
Program Results
The Avance-Dallas
impact is clearly observable in the way it changes the lives of our parents and
children during the program year.
Our parents
are also assessed throughout the year in their homes to see if they are
applying what they’re learning with their children. In the 2009–2010 year, 78% of our
graduating parents demonstrated at least 75% of the 44 “ideal” parenting
behaviors while playing with their child. Examples of “ideal” behaviors
include following the child’s interest, using imagination during playtime, and
using more than one of the senses to teach the child a concept.
Long-Term Tracking Results
We also track the academic achievement of our child
graduates in school after they leave our program. In our 2010 tracking study we
located a total of 846 Avance
target child graduates within the Dallas ISD system, whose grade levels ranged
from pre-K to eleventh grade. These students graduated from Avance-Dallas sites between 1997 and 2008.
The following charts show how Avance-Dallas child graduates compare
with their peers in the Dallas Independent School District and the state of
Texas.