Conscious Discipline Increases School Readiness

In 2008, with funding from a federal Safe Schools/ Healthy Students grant (Q184L070130), the Osceola County School District (FL) implemented Conscious Discipline in Voluntary Pre-K (VPK) sites throughout the District.

80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
No Conscious Discipline at Pre-K

69% 42%

Without Conscious Discipline, 42% of Kindergarten children were predicted to be successful readers and school ready. With Conscious Discipline, 69% of Kindergarten children were predicted to be successful readers and school ready.

Had Conscious Discipline at Pre-K

Kindergarteners with Highest Probability of Reading Success

(Florida Assessment for Instruction in Reading)

What does this mean?

Full implementation of Conscious Discipline in Pre-K yields 27% more children who are predicted to be school ready and successful readers.
In 2008, the Osceola County School District (FL) began to implement Conscious Discipline in Voluntary Pre-K (VPK) sites. In Kindergarten, all students are screened using the Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener (FLKRS). The FLKRS includes the Early Childhood Observation System (ECHOS) and the Florida Assessments for Instruction in Reading Kindergarten (FAIR-K). The ECHOS is an observational assessment system that is measured based on national standards in seven domains: Language and Literacy, Mathematics, Social and Personal Skills, Science, Social Studies, Physical Development and Fitness, and Creative Arts. The FAIR-K produces a PRS score which is a childs probability of becoming a future successful reader. Research results indicated that Kindergarteners who had Conscious Discipline as Pre-K students scored significantly higher on both the ECHOS and FAIR-K than Kindergarteners who did not have Conscious Discipline while in Pre-K.

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