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Download full textLynch, Karen E. – Congressional Research Service, 2014
Head Start is a federal program that has provided comprehensive early childhood development services to low-income children and their families since 1965. The comprehensive nature of the program includes educational, health, nutritional, and social services. These services are intended to prepare children to enter kindergarten and to improve the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Federal Programs, Young Children, Low Income Groups
Minnesota Department of Education, 2004
A large and growing body of research supports the critical relationship between early childhood experiences and successful life-long outcomes. Assessing the readiness of children as they enter school is a high priority. This report describes findings from Year Two of the assessment of school readiness with a larger random sample of children…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Recognition (Achievement), Kindergarten, Human Services
Collins, Mary A.; Chandler, Kathryn – 1996
The purpose of this data guide is to provide users of the National Household Education Survey (NHES) data with suggested techniques for working with the data files. Special attention is paid to topics that will help users avoid the most commonly made mistakes in working with NHES data. The NHES is a data collection system developed by the National…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Discipline
Peer reviewedBeckoff, Arline G.; Bender, William N. – Journal of Early Intervention, 1989
This New Jersey survey found that 67 teachers of preschool handicapped children were more stringent in their perceptions of the skills necessary for mainstreaming in kindergarten than were 63 kindergarten teachers. The survey also found that different instructional strategies were used by the two teacher groups. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Kindergarten, Mainstreaming, Preschool Education
Shaul, Marnie S. – Government Accountability Office, 2006
Questions have been raised about whether parents with limited English proficiency are having difficulty accessing child care and early education programs for their children. Research suggests that quality early care experiences can greatly improve the school readiness of young children. GAO was asked to provide information on: (1) the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Limited English Speaking, Child Care
National Commission on Children, Washington, DC. – 1990
This interim, progress report to the President and Committees of the House and Senate describes activities of the National Commission on Children in six communities across the country. The report contains information from hearings, town meetings, site visits, and forums in the communities. Included in the report are discussions of: (1) the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Caregivers, Childhood Needs, Cooperation
