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Parlakian, Rebecca – 2003
By exploring what school readiness means in the context of work with very young children, program leaders can better understand how they can support the lifetime learning of infants and toddlers in their programs. This book, designed for infant-family program leaders, examines the important role that cognitive and social-emotional skills play in…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Care, Cultural Influences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Download full textCollins, 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
California State Univ., Long Beach. Inst. for Teaching and Learning. – 1993
This final report summarizes activities of a subcommittee of the Committee on Educational Policy of the Board of Trustees of the California State University (CSU) which examined CSU's relationship to the public schools. Introductory material discusses CSU's educational mission and the background of this effort to strengthen the link with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Literacy, College School Cooperation, Cooperative Programs
National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest), Cambridge, MA. – 1990
English and Spanish versions of a guide to testing reform are presented. The guide explains alternatives to standardized testing for educational assessment and shows how these new methods of evaluation will improve education. Standardized tests are used for an increasing number of purposes in the school system, but there is no proof that their use…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Katz, Lilian G.; And Others – 1987
Written by members of a consulting team engaged to evaluate a school district's kindergarten program and make recommendations for the future, this report chronicles the district's progress in coming to more fully understand goals and problems related to kindergarten education. Specifically, the report presents the evaluation team's examination of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Annotated Bibliographies, Articulation (Education), Cooperation
Ensminger, Karen, Ed.; Hockey, Amy, Ed.; Mangigian, Lisa Ed.; Warren, Mitzi, Ed.; Eisenlord, Terri, Ed. – Offspring, 1994
"Offspring" is a magazine for parents, teachers, and others, intended to provide a forum for views on dealing with young children, to express a variety of ideas, to promote the co-op philosophy, and to enhance the relationship of members of these groups with children and with each other. This document contains issues 1 and 2 from 1994.…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Child Rearing
Wolcott, Gary; And Others – 1995
This resource guide offers strategies for working with children having mild to severe brain injuries. Chapter 1 corrects common misunderstandings about brain injuries and gives suggestions and illustrative case examples. Chapter 2 discusses 12 common changes in students with brain injuries such as tiredness, irritability, passivity, depression,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Educational Planning
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 2000
As part of efforts to improve school readiness by enhancing the quality of early childhood education, the state of Maryland developed standards for the use of staff in center-based child care and Head Start programs to mirror the standards in place for public school prekindergarten programs as well as a state accreditation process for center-based…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Child Care, Child Care Centers, Child Caregivers
Wolf, James M.; Kessler, Anna L. – 1987
This monograph presents information to help educators consider how to determine the best age for each child to begin his or her formal schooling. Trends in state requirements for school entrance age are described, and research in areas such as mental age, reading readiness, child development, screening instruments, and experimental preschool…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Failure, Age Grade Placement, Child Development
Gullo, Dominic F. – 1994
This book is intended to help early childhood practitioners develop the essential understanding they require for appropriate use of assessment and evaluation information and to illuminate many of the issues involved in formal and informal assessment and evaluation. The chapters are: (1) "Assessment and Evaluation in the Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Classroom Observation Techniques, Curriculum Development
2002
The Florida Partnership for School Readiness, created as a result of the Florida School Readiness Act in 1999, is charged with adopting a system for measuring school readiness and developing school readiness performance standards and outcome measures. This guide presents school readiness performance standards for 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds and is the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Behavior Standards, Child Development, Child Health
Society for Developmental Education, Peterborough, NH. – 1996
Designed to help K-6 educators create child-centered classrooms in which all children can learn and succeed, this resource book contains article reprints, handouts, and reproducible pages pertaining to effective instruction. The book is organized into six subject areas: (1) learning/school readiness and kindergarten (including school improvement,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices, Elementary Education
Westheimer, Miriam, Ed. – 2003
Begun in Israel in 1960, the HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) program is a family support, parent-focused, early childhood literacy program. This book compiles 17 evaluation studies of the program, from researchers and practitioners in 7 countries. The studies are organized around five themes: exploring theoretical…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods
Peyser, Sandra; McLaughlin, Miriam – 1997
Each year more children come to school unprepared to relate appropriately to others and to contribute to a positive school climate. These children seem to have more problems and less ability to cope with the structural environment of the school. Educators tend to agree that many children lack the character traits necessary for healthy, positive…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Children, Citizenship Education, Class Activities
Farber, Betty, Ed. – 1997
Parents and teachers may often have wondered how preschoolers learn, or why certain things, events, or people are more interesting to them than others? This book provides information on how young children learn, and offers activities to encourage emerging literacy, promote creativity and imagination, and enhance knowledge and development in music,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Child Development, Childrens Literature, Childrens Writing
