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The early care and education teaching workforce at the fulcrum: An agenda for reform An overview of the characteristics of the child care and early education workforce and a presentation of goals for workforce transformation |
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The early care and education teaching workforce: At the fulcrum: Summary report An overview of the characteristics of the child care and early education workforce, with goals that will transform the workforce |
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The early childhood and elementary education continuum: Constructing an understanding of P-3 as state-level policy reform An examination of rationales, principles, and policies related to prekindergarten to third (P-3) state level policy reform in states through an examination of related policy documents, theoretical and empirical literature, and interviews with state policy leaders |
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Evaluating prek-3rd grade reforms A discussion of considerations for the use of evaluation in efforts to integrate and coordinate the early education and early elementary education systems |
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Full-day kindergarten: A study of state policies in the United States A discussion on the beneficial effects full-day kindergarten may produce for children; state policies regarding the establishment and regulation of full-day kindergarten programs are deficient in four areas: definitional clarity, universal access, adequate funding, and quality |
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K-2 standards and assessments: A 50-state review A descriptive study of each state's kindergarten, first grade, and second grade content standards and mandatory assessments |
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Ladders of learning: Fighting fade-out by advancing PK-3 alignment A discussion on the long-term academic benefits of a system unifying the learning experience beginning in preschool, prekindergarten or center based child care for preschool aged children through the third grade |
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Linking ready kids to ready schools: A report on policy insights from the Governors' Forum series A summary of a series of conferences on efforts to provide seamless transitions from early to elementatry education |
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Making the case for P-3 An explanation of P-3, which concentrates on learning and education from birth to age eight, and why a P-3 focus ought to be pursued as part of a policy reform agenda |
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No Child Left Behind policy brief: Implications for the early learning field A discussion to inform early learning educators and policy makers of specific components of No Child Left Behind Act and to discern what implications the No Child Left Behind Act holds for the early learning field |
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No Child Left Behind policy brief: Literacy A policy brief outlining the content and implications of Reading First, a federal program which grants funds to develop scientifically based reading instruction in early elementary school classrooms. |
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Prek-3rd: Putting full-day kindergarten in the middle A discussion of the role that full-day kindergarten can play in prekindergarten through third grade education reform |
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Preschool programs: Effective curricula A study of quality in preschool curricula, including discussion of the three prevailing principles regarding children and learning and discussion of the necessity for a new curricular model that better fosters child development and learning |
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QRIS and P-3: Creating synergy across systems to close achievement gaps and improve opportunities for young children An overview of the quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) and preschool through third grade (P-3) movements, with recommendations for linking QRIS and P-3 efforts |
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Reaching for the whole: Integration and alignment in early education policy A discussion of the need for the shift in early childhood services from care to education to be accompanied by a subsequent change in accountability measures and the revision of educational policies |
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Starting early, starting now: A policymaker's guide to early care & education and school success A presentation on the development and implementation of more effective quality early childhood education policies and systems |
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Starting early, starting now: A policymaker's guide to early care & education and school success [Executive summary] A summary of a presentation on the development and implementation of more effective quality early childhood education policies and systems |
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Washington State early learning and development benchmarks: A guide to young children's learning and development: From birth to kindergarten entry Learning standards for Washington State early education systems to promote healthy social and cognitive development in children from birth to age 5 |
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