An evaluation of the School Readiness Program is presented in detail. Each of four objectives is examined: (1) To provide effective teaching-learning settings; (2) To determine and alleviate health problems; (3) To develop language skills; and (4) To develop Spanish language skills for children in bilingual centers. The accomplishments of the program are noted and recommendations for further development are listed. (SBT)
Topics: ERIC Archive, School Readiness
In order to better establish baseline information on the social, physical, linguistic, and cognitive skills of children entering Maryland kindergartens, the state selected the Work Sampling System (WSS), a component of the Maryland Model for School Readiness, as the early childhood assessment system for evaluating entering kindergartners' skills in seven curricular domains. This report provides detailed baseline information on 28 of the 67 WSS performance indicators from a randomized sample of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Learning...
This report, the third in the National Center for Early Development & Learning's (NCEDL) "Spotlight" series, is based on excerpts from a paper presented during a "Kindergarten Transitions" synthesis conference in early 1998. The report addresses defining readiness for school and assessing a child's readiness for school. The report notes that fundamental to the attainment of readiness skills is a sense of self that can only be developed over time and in interaction with...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Criteria, Learning Readiness, Performance Based...
In order to better establish baseline information on the social, physical, linguistic, and cognitive skills of children entering Maryland kindergartens, the state selected the Work Sampling System (WSS), a component of the Maryland Model for School Readiness, as the early childhood assessment system for evaluating entering kindergartners' skills in seven curricular domains. This report provides detailed baseline information on 28 of the 67 WSS performance indicators from a randomized sample of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Comparative Analysis, Counties, Disabilities, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children,...
This paper discusses early identification of children with developmental handicaps, a subject highlighted recently through the creation of federal and state sponsored Early Periodic Screening Programs (EPSDT). The Minnesota Child Development Inventory (MCDI) provides a systematic means of obtaining parental (usually maternal) information about the child's current development. The presentation discusses the validity of the MCDI and the development of other inventories focused on the assessment...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Development, Evaluation, Infant Behavior, Information Sources, Measurement...
This document consists of the single 2001 issue of a journal reporting new research in early childhood development conducted by the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The issue focuses on pre-kindergarten programs, highlighting a recent assessment of the skills of entering kindergartners in North Carolina; a description of how five states established pre-K programs and what other states might learn from this process; a study of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Educational Research, Preschool Education, Program Development, School...
In Wake County (North Carolina), kindergarten teachers assess all their entering students with the locally developed Kindergarten Initial Assessment, which includes: (1) an assessment of personal, social, language and literacy, physical, and mathematics skills; (2) an evaluation of print concepts; (3) a visual motor skill index; (4) the Draw-a-Person test; and (5) a screening system designed to help complete the assessment (not all schools). Assessment results indicate that most students...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Diagnostic Tests, Educational Assessment, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children,...
In response to the fact that technical standards for screening and placement tests must be more rigorous than those for readiness tests, the predictive validity of the Gesell School Readiness Tests (GSRT) was examined. The purpose of the GSRT, a commonly used screening instrument, is the assessment of children's developmental behaviors to aid in placement decisions for young children. However, typical use of the Gesell test differs from most screening procedures in that it is not followed by a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Achievement Rating, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children,...
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One of the most important investigated areas of human social development is social competence, which is increasingly recognized as a fundamental source of school readiness. In schools, social competence is related to effective interaction, emotional health, peer acceptance, and capability as established, for learning motivation, school readiness and social adjustment. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the various behavioral problems and the outcomes on social life and school performance,...
Topics: Psychosocial Problems, Social Competence, School Readiness, Social Life, Conflict Resolution,...
In 1985, Virginia state law was amended to change the birth date for automatic eligibility for kindergarten from December 31 to September 30. The law allowed school districts to admit young children with birthdays from October 1 through December 31, provided the children were tested for kindergarten readiness. Testing for admission to school for children with December birthdays began in the fall of 1986. The law specified that children with November birthdays would be added in 1987 and children...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Failure, Educational Legislation, Educational Practices, Kindergarten,...
The Cognitive Skills Assessment Battery (CSAB) measures student readiness to begin first grade. It is the assessment used by South Carolina to measure the readiness of each student and to plan an appropriate program for each child. In fall 1998, 81.2% of the first graders (43,568 of 53,640 students) met the readiness standard for South Carolina (a score of 88), a larger percentage than scored ready the preceding year. The percentage of first graders meeting the standard has increased 9.3...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary School Students, Ethnicity, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children, Primary...
The purpose of this study was to obtain information on a variety of school skills that preschool and kindergarten teachers expect children to display in regular kindergarten classrooms. The Skill Expectation Survey for Kindergarten Readiness was administered to 21 preschool teachers and 28 kindergarten teachers from two school districts in Kansas. The results of the survey indicated that preschool teachers had higher expectations than kindergarten teachers for kindergarten entry skills....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Expectation, Kindergarten, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers, School Readiness,...
This brief introduces the first results from a rural analysis of selected national datasets. Provided are key findings concerning kindergarten readiness of rural children from an analysis of the Kindergarten Cohort of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS). Future briefs will summarize the findings concerning the health of the Kindergarten Cohort, data from the Birth Cohort, and data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). [This report was produced by the National Center for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Kindergarten, Rural Population, School Readiness, Rural Urban Differences, Racial...
These proceedings present five papers and other highlights of a symposium held to stimulate efforts to provide continuity and support for children and families in transition from early childhood to early elementary school programs. These papers are included: (1) "Connecting with Preschools: How Our Schools Help (and Fail to Help) Entering Kindergartners," by John Love, which reports on a national study of children's transitions from preschool to school; (2) "Interagency...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agency Cooperation, Developmental Continuity, Educational Testing, Elementary...
This brochure provides information to educators about the Alaska Kindergarten Developmental Profile, which is prepared for each child entering school. The profile includes developmental information in the areas of physical well-being and motor development, language and literacy development, personal-social development, thinking and cognitive development, and child background. It is designed as a global measure to provide summary information from each school site to the Alaska Department of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Development, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Primary Education, Profiles,...
An audit was conducted to determine whether the U.S. Department of Education had implemented adequate management controls to administer the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) in accordance with legislative, regulatory, and internal administrative requirements. The focus was on the fiscal year 2000 grant competition from the development of the application Technical Review Plan to the awarding of grant funds. The audit found that the GEAR UP office did not...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administration, Eligibility, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation, Grants, Higher...
This document consists of the two 2003 issues of the newsletter of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education (ERIC/EECE). Each issue contains a feature article and one or more short articles on topics related to early childhood education, calls for papers, announcements about Internet resources, news items about and list of publications from ERIC/EECE, and articles from the Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse on Child Care. The feature articles are: "Stress and Young...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Emotional Development, Music Education, School Readiness, Stress Variables, Young...
This document describes domains to be covered by the Work Sampling Assessment of the Delaware Student Testing Programs Kindergarten and First Grade assessment. It contains guidelines to the skills children should demonstrate at these grades. It also describes indicators of these skills in terms of specific achievements. For Kindergarten, the first domain, Personal and Social Development, has a dual focus in that it refers to childrens feelings about themselves and their social development and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Development, Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children,...
Noting that the latest messages communicated to the public about the learning problems of American children emphasize children's lack of social maturity and premature school entry, this book examines the many complex issues surrounding school readiness and entry. The 15 chapters are divided into 4 sections. The first section includes an introduction and overview of school readiness and a discussion of the concept of school readiness. The second section deals with assessing readiness. This...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Age Grade Placement, Cognitive Development, Early Admission, Educational Planning,...
In the 1983-84 school year, the Michigan State Board of Education conducted a survey of early childhood programs in all of the state's school districts. A total of 518 districts, or 93 percent, responded. Of these, 161 districts indicated that they had a 2-year developmental program for children who were old enough to enter kindergarten but were judged not ready for the regular kindergarten program. Schools with a readiness kindergarten program were asked what type of screening instrument they...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Developmental Programs, Educational Practices, Kindergarten Children, Primary...
The school readiness goal of the America 2000 educational reform program admits that not all children start school ready to learn, but implies that with proper and adequate interventions, all children can start with the requisite cognitive and social adaptive skills that will enable them to learn. This paper discusses and analyzes critical skills related to the preparation and support of poor urban children in preschool and early school years. It is suggested that readiness does not reside in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Ecological...
These four newsletter issues provide information on current research and practice to early childhood professionals teaching in the primary grades in Colorado, focusing on readiness of schools for children entering the public school system. The Winter issue focuses on standards of quality for primary programs, and includes discussion of developmentally appropriate art instruction, readying schools for students, constructing curriculum, and a child's readiness for school. The Spring issue focuses...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Environment, Primary Education,...
As part of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) annual assessment of achievement, the Metropolitan Readiness Tests (MRT) were administered to approximately 14,768 first-grade pupils in the fall of 1983. The mean scaled scores of the DoDDS first graders clustered around the national mean of 150. The DoDDS mean scores in the various skill areas ranged from a high of 7.5 points above the national mean in auditory skills to a low of 1.1 points below the national mean in language....
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Dependents Schools,...
This paper looks at the increase in preschool enrollment from 1970 to 1985. Family characteristics and how they relate to enrollment trends for three- and four-year-olds are examined. The implications of these patterns of enrollment are discussed in conjunction with expected changes in the demographic characteristics of preschool children in the coming decade. (PCB)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Economic Status, Employed Women, Enrollment Influences, Enrollment Trends, Preschool...
SERVE, the SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education, is a coalition of educators, business leaders, governors and policymakers seeking comprehensive and lasting improvement in education in the five southeastern states. SERVEing Young Children is the early childhood project within SERVE. The first section of this resource booklet introduces the project, which focuses on the transitions children make from home, preschool, or child care into elementary school. The second section describes the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Check Lists, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Program Descriptions, School...
In response to the first of the National Education Goals (1991), which reads, "all children in America will start school ready to learn," this paper addresses four interpretations of the term "readiness" and the methods that have been devised to assess children's learning at the outset of formal schooling. The idealist or nativist view claims that children's proficiency in school is a function of the child's maturation. The empiricist or environmental view sees readiness in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Definitions, Learning Readiness, Primary Education, Reading Achievement, Reading...
This report summarizes findings from a longitudinal study of 1,215 mothers and children from 10 locations around the United States, focusing on the links between maternal depression and child outcomes. Families were followed from 1 month to 36 months after the birth of their child. Data collection methods included observations of mother-child play at 6, 15, 24, and 36 months, child cognitive and language testing at 36 months, and assessment of maternal depression using the Center for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Development, Children, Comparative Analysis, Depression (Psychology),...
The determination of when a child is ready to enter kindergarten or first grade varies from school district to school district. Currently, many school systems are reevaluating their criteria for school entry. In some school systems, chronological age appears to be the sole criterion; in others, social and learning readiness are also primary considerations. Frequently, educators turn to various testing procedures in order to make an objective determination of readiness. The 113 entries contained...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Bibliographies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Testing, Grade 1,...
In February 1990, the nation's governors adopted a set of goals designed to shape education reform efforts for the 1990s. The six goals address such pressing national education issues as early childhood education; school completion; student achievement and citizenship; math and science; literacy and lifelong learning; and safe, disciplined, and drug-free schools. They propose specific, obtainable objectives designed to enable schools to equip young people with skills needed to compete in the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Economic Impact, Educational Change, Educational Improvement,...
This is one the fourth in a series of reports that examine key issues related to family and community connections with schools. These research syntheses are intended to help local school, community, and family leaders obtain useful information derived from rigorous research. In addition to presenting findings from recent research, the synthesis includes other information to help readers make the most of the research findings. Chapter 1 briefly outlines the purpose,context, and organization of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Research, Research Design, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Parent School...
In 1999, the Southern Regional Task Force on Child Care, comprised of appointees from 16 southern states including Oklahoma and the mayor of the District of Columbia, with additional appointees from the other agencies, was formed with the charge of developing a plan to improve access to child care assistance for low-income families in the southern region. The task force received testimony from professionals, families, and representatives of the business communities, identified barriers that...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Change Strategies, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Financial Support, Labor...
Successful early childhood program transitions involve the coordination and continuation of developmental and comprehensive services from birth through age eight. This guide is designed to facilitate the successful transition of children and their families into and out of Early Head Start and Head Start programs and assists in planning for daily transitions to home or child care settings. Section 1 of the guide, "Skill-Based Training," contains four Head Start staff training modules...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Developmental Continuity, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Professional...
According to the new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) law, most school districts in the state are responsible for using LCFF funds to improve outcomes for low-income students. Each district has created a Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP), the funding plan for LCFF. The LCAP is reviewed and revised annually by each district. Early childhood programs have been proven to have the greatest impact on improving outcomes for children from low-income backgrounds. There is no other investment...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Funding Formulas, School Districts, Accountability, Low Income Students, Early...
Discussed are recommendations of California's 1987 School Readiness Task Force for the education of children 4 through 6 years of age. Recommendations call for: (1) provision of an appropriate, integrated, experiential curriculum; (2) reduction of class size; (3) provision of programs that meet the special needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students and of exceptional children; (4) implementation of classroom organization and teaching methods that reflect the heterogeneous skills...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cost Estimates, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Kindergarten, Preschool...
This handbook, which was written by a retired kindergarten teacher with over 25 years of experience, is intended to bridge the gap between home and school. It describes 260 learning activities, each of which is based on a different concept. Most activities require materials usually found in the home. An activity is provided for each week of the child's life from birth through the fourth year. Activity guides are written in language that is easy to understand and include statements of the ways...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Home Programs, Individual Development, Infants, Learning Activities, Parents as...
This issue of the "NCEDL Spotlights" describes the content of a new book, "The Transition to Kindergarten," based on a national transitions synthesis conference sponsored by the National Center for Early Development and Learning. The document delineates the chapter topics and describes four trends expected to have significant effect on the transition of children into American schools in the near future. Topics of the book include early schooling and social stratification,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Books, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children, Program...
This guide is designed to help parents prepare their children for higher education, a career, and life. The first section, "Why Get Ready?" discusses the benefits of higher education and dispels some common myths about higher education and its costs. Other sections of this first part discuss how to ready a child for college at home and at school. The next section, "Get Ready Financially," describes savings and investment strategies and discusses the kinds and availability of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Preparation, High School Students, High Schools, Higher Education, Parents,...
Children are generally identified as learning disabled as a result of their achievement and perceptual skills below an expectancy level which is based on mental age, grade level and/or chronological age. Despite its usefulness, Maturity is infrequently considered. The ages at entrance to school of a group of 67 learning disabled (LD) students (7-12 years old) and a group of 67 systematically selected students from the same school district (Oil City Area, Pennsylvania) were examined and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Chronological Age, Elementary Education, Handicap Identification, Learning...
Data from national entering first-grade populations of 1964 (N=12,225) and of 1972/1973 (N=4275/6653) show an 11-point increase in median raw score on the 102-item Metropolitan Readiness Tests. The increase is shown to be greater at the lower than at the higher ranges of the score scale, with the first quartile increasing by 13 points, the third quartile by 9. Gain in the median total score is spread unevenly over the six subtest areas, being greatest in Alphabet (recognizing lower-case letters...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Comparative Analysis, Grade 1, Learning Readiness, Longitudinal Studies, School...
Recognizing that children's earliest years are critical, stakeholders in Delaware have joined together to define what types of experiences children should ideally have before they enter kindergarten. A statewide committee with policymakers, parents, and representatives from the early care and education community, schools, higher education, and family literacy programs met during 2002 to develop descriptions of the types of abilities and characteristics children should have the opportunity to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Educational Quality, Kindergarten,...
This paper describes the nature of stimulus and response generalization and identifies a number of tasks related to generalization that are commonly taught in early childhood programs. Substantial research has demonstrated that stimulus generalization does not occur automatically and it can often be achieved only as a result of special programing. It is imperative that early childhood educators actively employ specialized techniques to enhance generalization of learning and assess the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices, Generalization, Guidelines,...
Family involvement is a viable strategy to address transition issues related to school readiness. The school-family connection can help ensure that the potential of each child is fulfilled as well as bridge the achievement gap. This document utilizes a "School Snapshot" to illustrate that, with careful planning, schools can engage families in helping children get ready for school and transition from grade to grade. In addition, this paper provides descriptions of related research...
Topics: ERIC Archive, School Readiness, Family Involvement, Family School Relationship, School Community...
The Printing Performance School Readiness Test is an empirically derived instrument designed to aid in the early identification of preschool children who are at risk for school failure. The test is based on the outcome of a research program dealing with various aspects of children's printing that involved over 400 normal, non-repeating, native English-speaking children from lower and middle socio-economic backgrounds. The task requires children to print a series of letters and numbers from...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Guides, Handwriting Skills, Preschool Education, Preschool Tests, School Readiness...
This paper presents a method of designing and implementing a kindergarten screening procedure utilizing principles of systems intervention, needs analysis, and criterion referenced testing. Emphasis is placed on involvement of all elements of the educational system and on careful delineation of the role of each. Teachers are actively involved in the design and implementation of the assessment device, which was used to evaluate 180 children in its first year of use. It is suggested that this...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Kindergarten Children, Program Descriptions, School Readiness Tests, Screening Tests,...
The six sections of this guide offer information to teachers about the Gesell Screening and Developmental Placement Program for children entering kindergarten at Lincoln School, Toppenish, Washington. After a brief description of the Gesell program, Section I outlines aspects of planning the screening program, specifically discussing the coordinator and screening committee, data gathering, time line, roles, and responsibilities. Section II focuses on the screening process, a standardized...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Developmental Continuity, Kindergarten Children, Parent School Relationship,...
In 2007, committees of key stakeholders in the five cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk, Portsmouth, and Virginia Beach developed Collaborative Action Plans focused on key strategies to ensure that children in each city "arrive at kindergarten healthy and ready to succeed in school, and in life." With leadership from Smart Beginnings South Hampton Roads (SHR), community leaders defined objectives and measurable benchmarks to support young children's success. In order to truly...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Young Children, Child Welfare, School Readiness, Early Childhood Education, Community...
Nations and states monitor the progress of children with good reason. They are the early indicators of future prosperity, of a stable and productive society. In recent years, economists have become more interested than ever before in the impact of early investments in children on the future health of the economy. And scientists are giving them the data they need to understand why these early years matter, and why policies that focus on the years leading up to formal schooling may, in fact, be...
Topics: ERIC Archive, School Readiness, Educational Policy, Child Development, Young Children, Early...
During the school year, the School Lunch Program provides one-third to one-half of the nutrients low-income children consume every day. However, the rate of participation by eligible children in the Summer Food Service Program is only 15.5 percent of the target population. Created by Congress in 1968, the Summer Food Service Program is designed to provide funds for eligible sponsoring organizations to serve nutritious meals to children from needy areas when school is closed. The Community...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Organizations, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Lunch...
Research confirms that readiness skills for literacy and mathematics begin at birth and are developed in combination with life experiences. This guide provides early childhood educators a set of basic guidelines or Foundation Blocks in literacy and mathematics, with indicators of success for entering kindergarten based on scientifically-based research. The guide describes specific indicators for prekindergarten children in the content areas of reading (oral expression, vocabulary, phonological...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Standards, Early Childhood Education, Literacy, Mathematics, Performance...
The focus of this brief is on the value of using the construct of ?Ready to Learn? as an Oregon benchmark and as an agency key performance measure. Oregon takes a high-level look at its young children every 2 years using the Kindergarten Readiness Survey. Kindergarten teachers use a variety of measures to collect information to rate their children?s development. Six Developmental Dimensions are the indicators of school readiness: Physical Well-Being; Language Use; Approach to Learning;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, English (Second Language), Kindergarten, Young Children, School Readiness, Ethnicity,...
