America's children: Key national indicators of well-being, 2005
A demographic study of family and child well-being in terms of health and achievement statistics in the United States in 2005
Reports & Papers
American Indian and Alaska Native children: Findings from the base year of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B)
Compiled statistics from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS) on child care arrangements and characteristics of American Indian and Alaskan Native children in the United States in 2005
Reports & Papers
Assessing school readiness in Santa Clara County: Results from the 2004 School Readiness Assessment Project
A study of children's skills at kindergarten entry and family and early childhood education factors associated with those skills in Santa Clara County, California, based on parent and early childhood education teacher surveys and kindergarten teacher surveys and child assessments
Reports & Papers
Children at risk: Consequences for school readiness and beyond
A discussion of findings from a RAND Corporation’s study of early childhood interventions which yielded data about the number of children at risk of school failure and the consequences for their performance in school and subsequent life outcomes
Fact Sheets & Briefs
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
Reports & Papers
Complementary learning
An exploration of a framework of complementary learning, with a description of a support system for children’s learning across various settings
Other
Connecticut's guidelines for the development of early learning for infants and toddlers: Draft
An informative guide for child care providers, parental and professional, describing infants' development stages from birth to three years of age and outlining a framework for developmentally appropriate activities
Other
Critical pathways to school readiness: Implication for First 5 Ventura County strategic planning, funding and evaluation
A description and analysis of the School Readiness Critical Pathways (SRCPs), a conceptual model and proposed set of strategies and outcomes for assessing school readiness in Ventura County, California
Other
Delaware pilot full-day kindergarten evaluation: A comparison of ten full-day and eight part-day kindergarten programs: School year 2004-2005
A pilot quality test of ten full-day kindergarten programs against eight part-day kindergarten programs in Delaware, 2004-2005
Reports & Papers
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort (ECLS-B): Methodology report for the nine-month data collection (2001-02): Vol. 1. Psychometric characteristics
An overview of assessment methods and purposes for data collection on the developmental status of children in the study
Reports & Papers
Early Learning Standards
A comprehensive set of developmental and early learning standards for Arizona children between the ages of three and five
Other
Effects of preschool on educational achievement
A proposal that high-quality universal preschool is a promising strategy for closing the academic achievement gap that exists between low-income, minority children and higher-income, non-minority children
Other
Fifth year evaluation: Fort Worth After School
An evaluative study of the effectiveness of the Fort Worth After School Program in improving students’ academic and social skills
Reports & Papers
Fifth year evaluation: Fort Worth After School [Executive summary]
A summary of an evaluative study on the effectiveness of the Fort Worth After School Program in improving students’ academic and social skills
Executive Summary
Five essential components for social justice education
A discussion of content mastery, action skills, critical thinking, self-reflection, and awareness of multicultural group dynamics as five essential components for the effective implementation of social justice education in K-12 classrooms
Other
Florida Head Start: A portrait of our Head Start children?s outcomes 2004-05
A presentation of the outcomes of children participating in Florida Head Start programs in the areas of literacy, early math, learning, social and emotional development, creative arts, science, motor skills, and physical health
Reports & Papers
Full-day kindergarten: Expanding learning opportunities
A presentation of research on the relationship between child development and full-day kindergarten, and states’ different efforts to implement it more widely
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Getting ready: Findings from the national school readiness indicators initiative: A 17 state partnership
A discussion of findings from the National School Readiness Indicators Initiative, a 17-state initiative formed to identify essential school readiness indicators and use them to inform educational policy and track children's academic progress
Reports & Papers
Getting ready: National school readiness indicators initiative: A 17 state partnership: Executive summary
A summary of a description of the National School Readiness Indicators Initiative, a 17 state initiative to identify school readiness indicators and use them to inform educational policy and track children's academic progress.
Executive Summary
Head Start basics: 2005
A summary of basic facts about the Head Start program, including information on program design, participants, offered services, funding sources, and effectiveness
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Head Start: Further development could allow results of new test to be used for decision making
A summary of an evaluation of the National Reporting System (NRS), a nationwide skills test of over 400,000 four- and five-year-old children enrolled in Head Start programs
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Identifying quality where it counts: New measures of the literacy and language instruction in early childhood education classrooms
A description of the development of the Observation Measures of Instruction in Language and Literacy (OMLIT) instrument--a battery of measures for assessing the quality of instructional and environmental support for children’s language development and early literacy skills
Other
An inquiry into the knowledge, practices, and attitudes about assessment held by Idaho preschool teachers
An investigation of preschool teachers' perceptions of assessment (knowledge, practices, attitudes) using a case study design to determine different categorical themes
Reports & Papers
Preliminary rural analysis of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study - Kindergarten Cohort
An issue brief summarizing the results of a data analysis of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class 1998-99 that examined rural children's school readiness
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Ready for school?: A report on skill levels of Santa Clara County kindergarteners
A summary of a study of children's skills at kindergarten entry and family and early childhood education factors associated with those skills in Santa Clara County, California, based on parent and early childhood education teacher surveys and kindergarten teacher surveys and child assessments
Executive Summary
