Ready to Learn workshop participation: Short-term impacts: Final report

Author(s): Johnson, Amy W.; Vogel, Cheri; Boller, Kimberley; Uhl, Stacey;
Date Issued: December 23, 2003
Publisher(s): Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Description: An experimental, random assignment component of the comprehensive evaluation of Ready to Learn--a program in which Public Broadcasting Service member stations broadcast a mandated number of hours of children's programming and coordinators at each station engage in outreach activities (including parent and early childhood educator workshops) to facilitate the use of this programming as an educational tool--that focused on the short-term impacts of outreach activities on parents' and early childhood educators' behaviors, based on comparing assessments of workshop participants and nonparticipants
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Funder(s): United States. Department of Education
Source: Alexandria, VA: Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved November 2, 2007, from http://www.pbs.org/readytolearn/research/RTL_short_term_impacts.pdf (no longer accessible since June 9, 2009)
Note: The project director is Charlotte Brantley. This resource was prepared by Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. The project officers are Kimberley Boller and Amy Johnson
Topics: Child Care & Early Education Quality > Process Quality

Parents & Families > Involvement In Child Care & Early Education > Parent-Child

Child Care & Early Education Provider Workforce > Training, Mentoring, & Apprenticeships
Country: United States
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