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Pacchiano, Debra M.; Wagner, Maureen R.; Lewandowski, Holly – Ounce of Prevention Fund, 2018
The new Early Education Essentials measurement system, developed by the Ounce of Prevention Fund (Ounce) and the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research (UChicago Consortium), offers the field a reliable and valid way to measure, attend to and strengthen these conditions critical to improvement. This innovative resource includes…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Educational Improvement, Teacher Surveys
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Farran, Dale C.; Meador, Deanna; Christopher, Caroline; Nesbitt, Kimberly T.; Bilbrey, Laura E. – Child Development, 2017
In 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, a metropolitan school system in the southern United States embarked on a unique mission to improve the quality of its public prekindergarten programs through a partnership with a group of developmental researchers in an iterative, data-based venture. Data on 407 children in Year 1 and 433 in Year 2 (who were enrolled in…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Practices, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
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Ronnerman, Karin – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2005
Swedish teachers are currently expected to become more involved in school improvement based on the findings of research. One of the main goals of this work is to develop practice in its own contexts. Teachers become involved in action and research or, in other words, the combination of practice and theory. A central issue in this work is whether…
Descriptors: Action Research, Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Researchers