An analysis of a public school prekindergarten Montessori bilingual program
An analysis of second grade reading achievement scores of Spanish and English norm-referenced tests between children who participated in a Montessori bilingual program and those that attended a traditional bilingual program
Reports & Papers
The Bridge: A group for Chinese immigrant parents transitioning their children to an American preschool
An account of an implementation of The Bridge, a series of discussion groups to familiarize Chinese-speaking immigrant parents with the features and benefits of American preschools
Other
Child care and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency
A study examining access to, participation in, and efforts to assist with child care for families with limited English proficiency, based on analysis of national data sets, focus groups with parents, state and county site visits, and interviews with officials and experts
Reports & Papers
Child care and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency [Highlights]
Highlights of a study examining access to, participation in, and efforts to assist with child care for families with limited English proficiency, based on analysis of national data sets, focus groups with parents, state and county site visits, and interviews with officials and experts
Executive Summary
Communication in any language: Policy solutions for children and families in Massachusetts
A summary of a study of challenges to accessing child care for families with limited English proficiency
Fact Sheets & Briefs
Help! They don't speak English: Partnering preservice teachers with adult English Language Learners
A study of the mock parent-teacher conference with an English Language Learner as a tool to prepare preservice early education teachers for conferences with parents who speak English as a second language, based on a population of 44 preservice teachers in South Carolina
Reports & Papers
Linguistic diversity and early literacy: Serving culturally diverse families in Early Head Start
An exploration of challenges in encountered in the delivery of Early Head Start services to culturally and linguistically diverse families
Other
Novel word learning of preschoolers enrolled in Head Start regular and bilingual classrooms: Impact of adult vocabulary noneliciting questions during shared storybook reading
An examination of the effect of eliciting and noneliciting questions during shared storybook reading on children's expressive and receptive knowledge of target words and on two measures of vocabulary with 45 children enrolled in monolingual Head Start classrooms and an examination of the effect of eliciting and noneliciting questions during storybook reading and parental home language use on expressive and receptive Spanish and English vocabulary of 28 children enrolled in English-Spanish bilingual Head Start classrooms
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