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Mashburn, Andrew J.; Pianta, Robert C. – Early Education and Development, 2006
Definitions of school readiness tend to focus on social and academic competencies that children are presumed to need to start school ready to learn. However, a child-focused definition of school readiness is limited because it neither identifies processes that lead children to acquire these competencies, nor does it recognize children's dependence…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Interpersonal Relationship, Young Children, Interaction
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Rimm-Kaufman, Sara E.; Pianta, Robert C. – Early Education and Development, 2005
The present study is a longitudinal examination of family-school communication in preschool and kindergarten. Preschool and kindergarten teachers and family workers of 75 children from families with low SES logged the frequency and characteristics of family-school communication, resulting in over 22,000 contacts. Data were collected during a…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Family Programs, Family School Relationship, Longitudinal Studies