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Engel, Mimi; Claessens, Amy; Watts, Tyler; Farkas, George – Educational Researcher, 2016
Analyzing data from two nationally representative kindergarten cohorts, we examine the mathematics content teachers cover in kindergarten. We expand upon prior research, finding that kindergarten teachers report emphasizing basic mathematics content. Although teachers reported increased coverage of advanced content between the 1998-1999 and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Mathematics Achievement, Course Content, Cohort Analysis
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Engel, Mimi; Claessens, Amy; Finch, Maida A. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2013
Kindergarten mathematics skills are important for subsequent achievement, yet mathematics is underemphasized in kindergarten classrooms. Using nationally representative data, this study explored the relationship between students' school-entry math skills, classroom content coverage, and end-of-kindergarten math achievement. Although the vast…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Kindergarten, Mathematics Skills, Academic Achievement
Engel, Mimi; Claessens, Amy; Finch, Maida – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
This study describes children's early math skills and the kindergarten mathematics content to which they are exposed. The authors focus specifically on teacher survey responses to items about content coverage that align most closely with the content covered on the ECLS-K kindergarten mathematics achievement test. They examine the influence…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Young Children, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Curriculum
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Claessens, Amy; Engel, Mimi – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background: Children's early skills are essential for their later success in school. Recent evidence highlights the importance of early mathematics, relative to reading and socioemotional skills, for elementary school achievement. Key advocacy groups for both early childhood and mathematics education have issued position statements on the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Achievement, Predictor Variables, Reading Achievement
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Claessens, Amy; Engel, Mimi; Curran, F. Chris – American Educational Research Journal, 2014
Little research has examined the relationship between academic content coverage in kindergarten and student achievement. Using nationally representative data, we examine the association between reading and mathematics content coverage in kindergarten and student learning, both overall and for students who attended preschool, Head Start, or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Kindergarten, Nursery Schools, Reading Instruction