Final evaluation report: Lessons learned from the MELF community grants
University of Minnesota. Center for Early Education and Development, December, 2009
Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Early Learning Foundation.
Findings from an evaluation of high quality early childhood education and care programs funded by community grants from the Minnesota Early Learning Foundation, based on participant data gathered through student assessments and parent surveys
Reports & Papers
Minnesota School Readiness Study: Developmental assessment at kindergarten entrance: Fall 2008
Minnesota. Department of Education, June 2009
Roseville: Minnesota, Department of Education.
Findings from an assessment of the school readiness of Minnesota children entering kindergarten in 2008, based on teacher assessments of a representative sample of Minnesota children
Reports & Papers
Minnesota school readiness study: Developmental assessment at kindergarten entrance: Fall 2008: Technical report
Minnesota. Department of Education, June 2009
Roseville: Minnesota, Department of Education.
An examination of children’s socioemotional development, literacy skills, cognition, creativity, and physical development upon entry to kindergarten, based on a sample of 6,310 kindergarteners from 96 schools in Minnesota
Reports & Papers
Project Early Kindergarten-Early Reading First: Evaluation report on the third year of a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative
Gozali-Lee, Edith, October 2009
Saint Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.
An inquiry into the influence of participation in the Project Early Prekindergarten-Early Reading First on children’s language and literacy achievement, and an examination of the influence of participation by classrooms and schools on their improvement in the promotion of children’s early literacy through the classroom environment
Reports & Papers
Project Early Kindergarten evaluation: Results through 2008-09 of a Saint Paul Public Schools initiative
Schultz, Jennifer Lee, September 2009
Saint Paul, MN: Wilder Research Center.
An evaluation of the efficacy of Project Early Kindergarten (PEK) in the improvement of at risk children’s school readiness, including a comparison of the readiness of children attending PEK programs in school-based settings and community-based PEK programs
Reports & Papers