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Results Matter: Improving Preschool Outcomes for Children with Disabilities
Mission
Results Matter improves outcomes for Colorado’s preschool children who receive special education services by helping teachers, administrators, families, and other education partners use authentic assessment data to inform classroom instruction as well as program and policy decision-making.
Who participates in Results Matter?
9000 children per year who are provided services through Preschool Special Education in programs such as:
- School District Preschools
- Child Care Centers who partner with Special Education Administrative Units
- Head Start Programs
- Charter School Preschool Programs
Find it Now
- OSEP Reporting for Preschool Special Education
- Preschool Outcomes for Indicator 7
- View the Results Matter Handbook
- Checkpoint Deadlines
- Approved Assessment Choices and Alignments with Colorado Academic Standards
NEWS
The vendors for the three approved Results Matter tools used for Preschool Outcomes reporting to OSEP will be hosting Colorado-specific webinars in February. These sessions are designed to give you more information on the tools and how those tools support the children of Colorado. Please plan to attend any or all of these voluntary sessions!
- AEPS-3: February 11, 2025, 12 pm, link to register for the AEPS-3 webinar.
- GOLD® by Teaching Strategies: February 19, 2025, 11 am, link to join the Teaching Strategies webinar.
- COR Advantage by Highscope/Kaymbu: February 20, 2025, 1 pm, link to register for the COR Advantage webinar.
For questions, please contact Rebecca Browning-Floyd, browning-floyd_r@cde.state.co.us.
Results Matter Components
- Authentic Child Assessment - At the heart of Results Matter is a developmentally appropriate assessment that provides valid, meaningful, and representative information about young children.
- Professional Learning - Teachers are assessors in the implementation of Results Matter. To ensure authentic assessment is used with fidelity, strong professional development is essential. Results Matter makes available a variety of professional development resources.
- Implementation - Technology, when used appropriately, can be a powerful tool in early childhood education. What’s particularly beneficial for educators and families who participate in Results Matter is that they have access to an online assessment platform that provides real-time reporting and digital portfolios.
- Data Analysis - Results Matter provides meaningful assessment data that can be used to make decisions at every level.
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