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<br />35 <br /> <br />that the San Leandro community support student and family well-being and expand early <br />identification and support for students with special needs.33 <br /> <br />The partnership between the Library and the Recreation and Human Services Department <br />to expand services to Spanish-speaking families with young children through funding from <br />First 5 Alameda County is an example of a successful effort on these issues. The program <br />aims to increase school readiness through bilingual (Spanish/English) developmentally-specific and <br />family-centered story times, parent-child playgroups, and parent education workshops. The program <br />supports the early identification of young children with special needs, as recommended above. <br />Children not enrolled in licensed child care account for 86% of the children served.34 <br /> <br />The disparities by socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity in English Language Arts among third <br />graders in SLUSD highlight the importance of increasing opportunities for low-income, Latino, <br />and African American families with young children. Third-grade reading levels are both an <br />indication of the extent to which children are surrounded by opportunities that support their <br />development in early childhood and a bellwether of later academic achievement and attainment.35 <br /> <br />Figure 13: Percentage of SLUSD Third Graders Who Met or Exceeded English Language Arts Standards, <br />by Socioeconomic Status (2015-16) <br /> <br />Source: California Department of Education, DataQuest. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />33 Applied Survey Research. (2015) School Readiness in San Leandro Unified School District: 2013 Assessment . Accessed at <br />http://www.first5alameda.org/files/eval/School_Readiness_Report_2013_San_Leandro_4_23_14.pdf . <br />34 First 5 Alameda County. (2016) Neighborhood Partnership: San Leandro Library. On file with Urban Strategies Council. <br />35 The Annie E. Casey Foundation. (2013) Early Warning Confirmed: A Research Update on Third-Grade Reading. Available at <br />http://www.aecf.org/resources/early-warning-confirmed/. <br />29% <br />59% <br />Economically Disadvantaged Not Economically <br />Disadvantaged