INDIANA EARLY LEARNING PILOT PROGRAM FINAL REPORT EVALUATION FROM 2015 – 2021
Summary
On My Way Pre-K Program Administration: The Indiana Office of Early Childhood and Out of School
Learning, alongside its early learning partners and under the direction of the Family and Social Services
Administration, adminsters the State of Indiana’s early learning pilot program of On My Way Pre-K.
Longitudinal Study of the Program: A Purdue University research team from the Purdue Center for Early
Learning, funded by a state grant mandated by Indiana legislation, administered the longitudinal study
over five years:
Sara Schmitt, Ph.D. and James Elicker, Ph.D., Project Directors and Principal Investigators
Robert Duncan, Ph.D. and David Purpura, Ph.D., Co-Principal Investigators
Tanya Paes, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associate
Jennifer Finders, Ph.D. and Katrina Schmerold, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Associates
Karen Ruprecht, Project Manager
Lindsey Bryant and Adassa Budrevich, Graduate Research Assistants
Goal of the Study: The study set out to determine the effectiveness of the On My Way Pre-K program on
children’s school readiness and early school outcomes and performance as well as family engagement and
quality of experience.
Source: Purdue Center for Early Learning (2021). Indiana Early Learning Pilot Program Report.