Academic and cognitive functioning in first grade: Associations with earlier home and child care predictors and with concurrent home and classroom experiences
A study of the association between academic and cognitive development of first graders and the quantity and quality of child care, home learning environment, family demographics, and maternal characteristics of a sample of 832 children from 9 states
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Accountability in early childhood: No easy answers
An inquiry into the role of high-stakes testing in early childhood programs in the adoption of early childhood policies, with a suggestion of an alternative method for the assessment of children to inform the decisions of public policymakers
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Adult-child processes and early schooling
A discussion on the relationship of school outcomes to social processes
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Are teachers' education, major, and credentials related to classroom quality and children's academic gains in pre-kindergarten?
An investigation using data from the NCEDL Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten, 2001-2003, to examine if early educators' education, early childhood major, and credentials are related to classroom quality and preschool children's academic achievements
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Assessing readiness
A review of the literature on the Assessment of School Readiness
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Assessing the school readiness needs of a state
A description and analysis of 6 states' efforts to assess young children and the programs and settings in which they are prepared for schooling
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Children enrolled in public pre-K: The relation of family life, neighborhood quality, and socioeconomic resources to early competence
An examination of the relations of young children's sociodemographic characteristics, parental well-being, family functioning, and neighborhood quality to their early academic achievements and socioemotional competence
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Children's classroom engagement and school readiness gains in prekindergarten
A study of the relationship between child engagement in public prekindergarten classrooms and school readiness gains, based on data from 2,751 children from the Multi-State Study of Pre-Kindergarten and the State-Wide Early Education Programs Study (SWEEP)
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Can instructional and emotional support in the first-grade classroom make a difference for children at risk of school failure?
An examination of ways children’s risk of school failure may be reduced by support from teachers, based on a national study of 910 children, ages 5-6, identified as at risk on the basis of demographic characteristics and their kindergarten teachers’ observations of behavioral, attention, academic, and/or social difficulties
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The Classroom Assessment Scoring System: Findings from the prekindergarten year
An observational study evaluating the reliability and validity of the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS), an instrument designed to evaluate prekindergarten classroom quality focusing on emotional and instructional classroom elements
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Co-constructing the transition to school: Reframing the novice versus expert roles of children, parents, and teachers from a cultural perspective
A discussion of the transition to school as a cultural experience for children and families
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The contribution of classroom setting and quality of instruction to children's behavior in kindergarten classrooms
An observational study that used participants from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care to examine the relation between kindergarten classroom processes and children's behavior
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Demographic trends and the transition years
An inquiry into the influence of the changing demographics of families in the United States on the early life experiences of young children
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A developmental neuroscience approach to the study of school readiness
A presentation of a conceptual framework for the exploration of children’s development and school readiness using concepts in developmental neuroscience
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Differences in social adjustment and classroom behavior between children retained in kindergarten and groups of age and grade matched peers
A study on the effects of kindergarten retention on child social and academic development
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Early behavioral attributes and teachers' sensitivity as predictors of competent behavior in the kindergarten classroom
An examination of the relations among kindergarten children's social boldness and wariness and their behaviors in the classroom as well as the relationship between kindergarten teachers' sensitivity and children's behavior
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Empirically-derived, person-oriented patterns of school readiness in typically-developing children: Description and prediction to first-grade achievement
A study using data from the NICHD Study of Early Child Care to examine the relation between young children's school readiness and variables including social skill, parent interactions, problem behavior, cognitive processes, and self regulation
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Father involvement during early childhood
A discussion of the interactions between fathers and their children, and an exploration of the influence of such interactions on children’s development
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The first day of school: The predictive validity of early school screening
A multivariate screening battery and cross-validation across two groups of children designed to predict potential school difficulties for entering kindergartners
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Georgia's prekindergarten program: Bright from the start
An overview of Georgia's state prekindergarten program and its various components including curriculum, standards, assessment, and school readiness
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Health and nutrition as a foundation for success in school
A discussion of the influence of children’s nutrition and health on their development and academic success
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Improving language and literacy outcomes in child care
A description of Project Great Start, a coaching model for early childhood educators' language and literacy instruction, a discussion of aspects of the model that promote teachers' implementation of best practices in early literacy, and highlights of key findings and remaining questions about the use of coaching as a professional development approach in early childhood
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Instruction in Spanish in pre-kindergarten classrooms and child outcomes for English language learners
An examination of the relationship between the language, reading, and math skills of English language learners and both the proportion of instruction in Spanish and observed quality of teacher-child interactions, based on data from 357 Spanish-speaking 4-year-old children who attended state-funded pre-kindergarten programs in 11 states
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Integrative views of the domains of child function: Unifying school readiness
An exploration of the interactions between various domains of children’s development, and an examination of the relationship between children’s cognitive regulatory abilities and their readiness for school
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Interventions that promote social-emotional learning in young children
An overview of literature regarding select evidence-based interventions that promote school readiness in young children by focusing on the enhancement of children's socioemotional skills either directly with explicit classroom curricula, or indirectly through interventions with teachers
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