The Eleven Best Predictors of Success
What the Numbers Show
Room For Improvement
Good News/What Works
What the Numbers Show II
100
The opposite of an unhealthy start at birth.
What is a healthy start at birth?
100
For this group of children the number has decreased. For this group of children the number has increased.
What has happened to the population of White children and children of color?
100
4.3 million 3 to 4 year olds (54%) are not attending preschool.
What is increase the number of 3 to 4 year olds attending preschool?
100
The provision of services that prioritize employment, place time limits on cash assistance, the earned income tax credit, child care subsidies food stamps and health insurance for children.
What are state and federal programs that work to reduce poverty for children?
100
A child's zip code, shows a greater or smaller level of overall well-being.
What is does where a child lives make a difference in her chances of success in life?
200
The opposite of unhealthy development in the early years.
What is healthy development in the early years?
200
The year 2018 and the year 2030.
When will children of color be the majority and when will workers of color be the majority?
200
66% of fourth graders are reading below the proficient level.
What is raise the number of fourth graders who score proficient in reading?
200
Early Head Start and Head Start.
What are two federal early education programs that have yielded positive outcomes?
200
Massachusetts
What is the state with the highest rank in overall child well-being?
300
Being brought up by more than one but less than three adults who have made a commitment to stay together until death parts them.
What is being raised by two married adults?
300
An increase in the likelihood that the family will struggle financially, an increased chance of being born to an unmarried mother, and a decreased likelihood that they and their partners will marry.
What is the relationship between poverty and unmarried parenthood?
300
One in five (19%) of high school students did not graduate on time.
What is increase the percentage of high school students who graduate on time?
300
The expansion of Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program.
What are two government sponsored efforts that have increased access to health insurance?
300
Mississippi
What is the state with the lowest ranking in overall child well-being?
400
The opposite of your family not having enough income to meet your needs, getting bad grades, dropping out, not going to college or enrolling in some kind of training program.
What is having adequate family income, doing well in school, graduating high school and attending college or some type of training program?
400
In the southern and Rocky Mountains states it has grown. In the New England states it has declined.
What has happened to the population of children in the United States?
400
The only health domain indicator that has worsened since 1990 is the number of low birth-weight.
What is decrease the number of low-birth weight babies?
400
Living in a household where conflict is low and where the adults have made a legal commitment to stay together.
What is being raised in a low-conflict environment headed by married adults?
400
Inequities among children of all races and income levels persists?
What does the data say about the state of children in America?
500
Not getting pregnant as a teenager, not abusing drugs, not being sought by the police, and having a sense of your place at work and chances to advance.
What are the five remaining best predictors of success?
500
Demographic, social and economic changes, as well as major policy developments.
What are three factors that have affected the life chances of low-income children?
500
Large numbers of children, especially Latino children where the number is 36%, live in households where the head does not have a high school diploma.
What is decrease the number of households headed by someone who does not have a high school diploma?
500
Not becoming a mother until their twenties.
What is avoiding teen pregnancy?
500
On all measures negative outcomes at rates higher than the national average.
What is does the data show about the outcomes for children of color?
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