1. What is “school readiness?”
   a. School readiness means that children are prepared to succeed in school and that attributes of children, families and communities contribute to that success. Click here to go to the "What is School Readiness?" page.
    
2. How were the indicators chosen?
   a. The Colorado School Readiness Indicator Task Force assessed hundreds of potential school readiness indicators for meaningfulness, measurability and communication power. For each indicator the task force asked the following questions:
   1. Does the indicator have an impact on one or more of the domains of school readiness?
   2. How quantifiable is the indicator?
   3. Can it be tracked over time using state data systems or surveys?
   4. Will a broad audience understand what the indicator means and how the indicator relates to school readiness?
       
3. Where did the data come from?
   a. Many organizations provided data for this report from a wide range of disciplines.
   1. Annie E. Casey Foundation
   2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
   3. Colorado Children’s Campaign
   4. Colorado Department of Education
   5. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
   6. Colorado Department of Public Safety
   7. Community College of Denver
   8. Federal Bureau of Investigation
   9. Parents as Teachers
   10. United States Census Bureau
   11. United States Department of Education
   12. United States Department of Health and Human Services
        
4. What is a “developmental” indicator?
   Developmental indicators are those the task force felt were important indicators of school readiness but did not have a statewide, on-going source of data. The task force recommends that efforts be made to find ways to collect data to measure these developmental indicators.

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