What Sets TSR Apart?

So, what sets TSR apart from other early childhood interventions?

TSR identifies and integrates the key components proven to produce rich learning centers for at-risk children.

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Teacher training alone does not result in significant benefits to student learning. TSR combines research-based curriculum, technology-driven child progress monitoring, facilitated teacher professional development, ongoing teacher coaching, and sustainable programming to build effective preschool classrooms. In other words, TSR has all facets of effective early education covered.

TSR is the product of ongoing, high-quality research that directly impacts the program’s implementation.

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CLI has conducted extensive research that definitively demonstrates the need for each component of TSR, including high-quality curriculum, the optimal levels of professional development, and the efficacy of child progress monitoring. This research is continually applied to strengthen the on-the-ground components of the TSR program.

Research on TSR meets the highest standards.

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A Large team of experts within the Children’s Learning Institute that conducts research on TSR. Their work uses randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and is published in peer-reviewed academic journals after undergoing rigorous evaluation by independent experts in the field.

TSR matches what a child should master at a certain age with how a child best learns and assimilates information.

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TSR strikes a balance between implementing teaching strategies grounded in research on cognitive readiness (the “what”) and developmental research on how young children learn most effectively (the “how”).

TSR cultivates both academic and socio-emotional skills.

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In addition to academic gains, 85% of teachers report increases across a variety of their students’ social-emotional domains, including the development of behavioral control and the ability to care for others’ feelings.

TSR’s real-time data collection makes student assessment painless.

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TSR’s Circle Progress Monitoring System is a user-friendly, technology-driven tool that enables teachers to assess a child’s progress in a particular skill area almost instantly. This reliable yet simple data-collection prompt prompts teachers to focus on lessons that target their students’ least developed skill areas.

TSR’s individualized coaching takes professional development to a new level.

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Simply providing teachers with informal feedback on their performance won’t change their behavior. TSR coaches use the Classroom Observational Tool (COT) to track the use of 231 specific teacher behaviors that are known to advance children’s school readiness. Coaches then set highly targeted improvement goals with the teacher and use techniques such as modeling to align instruction with evidence-based practice. It works—COT scores have been shown to predict students’ skill development.

TSR’s coaches participate in ongoing peer-learning to support their own skill development.

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Each year, TSR coaches participate in ongoing collaborative professional learning communities (PLC) to support a continuous quality improvement cycle focused on reflection and goal-setting. These PLCs support coaches in building their high-quality coaching skills through a demonstration-based micro-credentialing program.

TSR is cost-effective.

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In addition to its proven track record in advancing child learning outcomes, TSR is a smart public investment. A study by Texas A&M University found that for every $1.00 invested in early education, Texas saves $3.50 in reduced public costs, such as those arising from unemployment or incarceration. Furthermore, analysis has shown that the rates of return on investments in public interventions dramatically decrease as individuals age—making early childhood education one of the most cost-efficient public programs.