2010-2011 LA 4 prekindergarten annual report: Final
An examination of participant characteristics and of changes in participant test scores during the 2010-2011 program year of LA 4, a publicly-funded Louisiana prekindergarten program for at risk 4-year-olds, based on pre- and posttest assessments from 12,685 children
Reports & Papers
2011 District of Columbia early childhood risk and reach assessment
An examination of the geographic distribution in the District of Columbia of family risk indicators, children's reading and math proficiency, and early childhood programs
Other
The 2012-2013 Maryland school readiness report: Children entering school ready to learn
A summary of a presentation of findings from teacher assessments of the school readiness of Maryland kindergarteners during the fall of 2012
Executive Summary
Accelerating the early numeracy development of kindergartners with limited working memory skills through remedial education
A comparison of the impact of a remedial numeracy education program on the early numeracy development of two groups of kindergarteners with either limited or typical working memory skills, based on data from 933 children in the Netherlands followed over a period of 1.5 years
Reports & Papers
Accelerometer measured level of physical activity indoors and outdoors during preschool time in Sweden and the United States
A comparison of young children's physical activity and sedentary behavior during indoor and outdoor time for both boys and girls in Swedish and United States settings, based on data from 50 children with an average age of 52 months, at two sites in Malmo, Sweden and two sites in Raleigh, North Carolina
Reports & Papers
The added value of the School of the 21st Century when combined with a statewide preschool program
A comparison of child developmental outcomes and classroom quality in school-based early care and education centers that offered either Arkansas Better Chance program (ABC) services alone or a combination of ABC and School of the 21st Century services, based on data from 8,745 4-year-olds in ABC classrooms in Arkansas
Reports & Papers
Advantages of gardening as a form of physical activity in an after-school program
A study of the relationship between participation in a Cooperative Extension Service after school gardening program and the self-reported physical activity levels of children, based on data from 31 children in third through fifth grade in Oklahoma
Reports & Papers
African American preschool children's physical activity levels in Head Start
A description of the physical activity levels of children attending Head Start programs, and a determination of the extent to which the children's physical activity varied by age of child, gender, morning or afternoon class time, and Head Start site location, based on data from 158 4- and 5-year-old children at 6 Head Start program sites in a Midwestern metropolitan area in the United States
Reports & Papers
Alphabet knowledge in preschool: A Rasch model analysis
An examination of the dimensions of the alphabet knowledge construct and the relative difficulty of different alphabet knowledge tasks--uppercase letter recognition, names, and sounds, and lowercase letter names--within a sample of 335 children recruited from 15 child care and preschool facilities in Fort Wayne, Memphis, and New York City
Reports & Papers
Anchoring in 4- to 6-year-old children relates to predictors of reading
Two studies of anchoring--a process that allows individuals to implicitly benefit from contextual information embedded in sequences of stimuli--one that examines the relationship between anchoring and rapid naming and phonological short-term memory in children prior to the onset of formal reading instruction, and a second study that examines the unique contribution that anchoring makes to performance in two early predictors of reading--letter knowledge and phonological awareness--with the first study based on data from 55 children attending municipal preschools in and around Haifa, Israel, and the second study based on data from 69 native Hebrew-speaking children attending municipal preschools in Northern Israel
Reports & Papers
Appendix I: Literature review: Literature review of the participation of disadvantaged children and families in ECEC services in Europe
A review of research in European Union member states on barriers to and promising practices regarding disadvantaged children's and families' access to early childhood education and care (ECEC) and on the relationship of ECEC participation to children's cognitive and socioemotional outcomes
Literature Review
Approaches to assessing the language and literacy skills of young dual language learners: A review of the research
A summary of a review of the procedures used to assess the language and literacy development of young dual language learners, based on 80 studies from Canada and the United States
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Are two years better than one year?: A propensity score analysis of the impact of Head Start program duration on children's school performance in kindergarten
A comparison of academic and social outcomes by the end of kindergarten between children who attended Head Start for two years and the ones who attended for one year, based on data from 1,778 Head Start children from the Family and Child Experience Survey (FACES)
Reports & Papers
Arizona Kindergarten Readiness Study: First Things First External Evaluation
A study of the physical health and well-being, socioemotional development, approaches to learning, language and literacy development, cognition, and general knowledge of Arizona kindergarteners, based on direct assessments, parent and guardian questionnaires, and teacher questionnaires for a representative sample of 1,145 first-time kindergarteners in 2009
Reports & Papers
Arizona Kindergarten Readiness Study: First Things First External Evaluation [Executive summary]
A summary of a study of the physical health and well-being, socioemotional development, approaches to learning, language and literacy development, cognition, and general knowledge of Arizona kindergarteners, based on direct assessments, parent and guardian questionnaires, and teacher questionnaires for a representative sample of 1,145 first-time kindergarteners in 2009
Executive Summary
Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) helps students start kindergarten ready
A comparison of the school readiness skills of Arkansas children who participated in Arkansas Better Chance, the state's publicly-funded prekindergarten program, and children who did not participate in any preschool program, based on teacher assessments of children's development
Reports & Papers
Arts enrichment and preschool emotions for low-income children at risk
A comparison of emotion expression and regulation in children attending both arts-integrated and non-arts integrated Head start programs, based on data from 182 low income children
Reports & Papers
Assembly Bill 563: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in k-12 and beyond: FY 2010-11 evaluation report
An evaluation of Nevada's publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares longitudinal developmental and parental involvement outcomes of participants and nonparticipants, based on reports from program directors, program observations, child assessments, and teacher surveys
Reports & Papers
Assembly Bill 563: Nevada early childhood education (ECE) program: Building a foundation for school readiness and success in k-12 and beyond: FY 2010-11 evaluation report: Executive summary
A summary of an evaluation of Nevada's publicly-funded early childhood education program for preschool-age children that examines program characteristics and quality, explores the developmental progress and parental involvement of program participants over the program year, and compares longitudinal developmental and parental involvement outcomes of participants and nonparticipants, based on reports from program directors, program observations, child assessments, and teacher surveys
Executive Summary
Assessing Operation Purple: A program evaluation of a summer camp for military youth
An evaluation of Operation Purple, a free summer camp program for military children who experience parental deployment, that examines curriculum implementation and participant outcomes related to communicating feelings about deployment-related stress, understanding military culture and service, and environmental knowledge and practice, based on camp director reports and visitor logs and on a comparison of pre- and posttest parent and child surveys from participants and matched nonparticipants
Reports & Papers
Assessing Operation Purple: A program evaluation of a summer camp for military youth [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluation of Operation Purple, a free summer camp program for military children who experience parental deployment, that examines curriculum implementation and participant outcomes related to communicating feelings about deployment-related stress, understanding military culture and service, and environmental knowledge and practice, based on camp director reports and visitor logs and on a comparison of pre- and posttest parent and child surveys from participants and matched nonparticipants
Executive Summary
Assessing peer relations: A guide for out-of-school time program practitioners
A discussion of factors associated with positive peer relations and examples of measures to assess peer relations
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Assessing wellbeing at school entry using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire: Professional perspectives
Aim: The purpose of this study was to explore the views of pre-school education staff about assessing social and emotional wellbeing of children at school entry using the SDQ. The objectives were to examine the opinions of pre-school workers about completing the SDQ and to elicit their thoughts on the value of doing this and their perceptions of the usefulness of the information collected. Method: Pre-school establishments were approached using a purposive sampling strategy in order to achieve a mix of local authority (n=14) and 'partnership' establishments (n=8) as well as different socio-economic areas. Semi-structured interviews (n=25) were conducted with pre-school head teachers (n=14) and child development officers (n=11) in order to explore the process of completing the SDQ along with perceptions of its value. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed thematically. Results: In general, staff in pre-school establishments viewed the use of the SDQ positively. It was seen as a chance to highlight the social and emotional development of children rather than just their academic or educational ability. Most felt that the SDQ had not identified anything they did not already know about a child. A minority, nevertheless, suggested that a previously unrecognized potential difficulty was brought to light, most commonly emotional problems. Completing the SDQ was felt to be relatively straightforward even though the staff felt under pressure from competing priorities. Concerns were, however, raised about the potential of labeling a child at an early stage of formal education. (author abstract)
Reports & Papers
Assessment tools for language and literacy development of young dual language learners (DLLs)
A summary of a review of the reliability and validity of measures used to assess the language and literacy development of young dual language learners, based on 7 large-scale government studies and 30 research studies from Canada and the United States
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Assistive technology and the communication and literacy development of young children with disabilities
A synthesis of 36 research studies on the relationship of the use of different types of assistive technology devices to the communication and literacy development of young children with disabilities
Literature Review
