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Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year-Old Children. Fact Sheet
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Iowa Department of Education, 2023
Iowa's Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year-Old Children (SWVPP) is an important part of the state's comprehensive early childhood effort, providing more opportunities for young children to access quality preschool and enter school ready to learn. The preschool programs are expected to serve four-year-old children with a range of…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Access to Education, Student Diversity
Kindergarten Entry Assessments (KEAs) within a K-2 Assessment System. Policy Brief
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Weisenfeld, G. G.; Hodges, Katherine; Garver, Karin – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2020
In most states kindergarten entry assessments (KEA) are employed primarily to inform parents and teachers. KEAs can serve as a key indicator of child development at formal school entry to inform education, but also could serve as a baseline for assessing progress in the early grades. However, their usefulness for this purpose is limited because…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Screening Tests, Student Evaluation
Head Start Children's Dual Enrollment in State Pre-K: Prevalence and Child Outcomes
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Ji-Young Choi; Laura C. Betancur; Heather L. Rouse – AERA Open, 2024
The current study investigated the prevalence and outcomes related to Head Start (HS) children's dual enrollment in state-funded prekindergarten (state Pre-K) using a secondary analysis of a statewide integrated administrative dataset (N = 2,986). It also explored whether a program partnership between HS and the local school district (within the…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Social Services, Low Income Students, Dual Enrollment
Assessment Tools Used in Kindergarten Entry Assessments (KEAs): State Scan. CEELO FastFact
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Weisenfeld, G. G. – Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2017
A growing number of states are interested in tracking the readiness of children entering kindergarten. In 2010, just seven states (Alaska, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota, and Vermont) collected Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) data for the purposes of aggregating data at the state level. Since this time, most states report…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Student Evaluation, Barriers
Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year-Old Children. Fact Sheet [2020]
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Iowa Department of Education, 2020
Iowa's Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year-Old Children (SWVPP) is an important part of the state's comprehensive early childhood effort, providing more opportunities for young children to access quality preschool and enter school ready to learn. The preschool programs are expected to serve four-year-old children with a range of…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Access to Education, Student Diversity
Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year-Old Children. Fact Sheet [2019]
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Iowa Department of Education, 2019
Iowa's Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program for Four-Year-Old Children (SWVPP) is an important part of the state's comprehensive early childhood effort, providing more opportunities for young children to access quality preschool and enter school ready to learn. The preschool programs are expected to serve four-year-old children with a range of…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Access to Education, Student Diversity
The Annual Condition of Education Report, 2016
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Iowa Department of Education, 2016
This 27th edition of the "Annual Condition of Education Report" includes a rich set of information to evaluate the current status of the education system in Iowa. Data in the report provide important information about Iowa's students, teachers and schools from multiple perspectives. It includes information such as demographic…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Preschool Education, Enrollment, Kindergarten