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Public Preschool Predicts Stronger Third-Grade Academic Skills
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Anna D. Johnson; Anne Partika; Anne Martin; Ian Lyons; Sherri Castle; Deborah A. Phillips; The Tulsa SEED Study Team – AERA Open, 2024
Public preschool boosts academic skills in kindergarten, but little is known about whether that boost lasts to third grade because many studies stop directly assessing children after kindergarten. The current study tests for sustained associations between preschool attendance and an array of repeatedly measured, directly assessed language and math…
Descriptors: Public Education, Preschool Education, Outcomes of Education, Predictor Variables
Measuring Head Start Children's Early Learning Skills Using Teacher Reports during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Research Brief. OPRE Report 2022-13
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Harding, Jessica F.; Nguyen, Tutrang; Malone, Lizabeth; Atkins-Burnett, Sally; Tarullo, Louisa; Aikens, Nikki – Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, 2022
In spring 2020, in response to the COVID-19 (for coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, many early care and education centers, including Head Start centers, closed their physical buildings and changed their operations to virtual. Because of health and safety restrictions, OPRE was unable to directly assess children's skills in spring 2020 for the…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, Experience
Head Start and Pre-K Students Using My Math Academy and My Reading Academy Experience Significant Gains in Math and Reading Skills. Research Brief
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Hee Jin Bang; Amanda Siebert-Evenstone – Age of Learning, Inc., 2023
This study evaluated the implementation and effectiveness of My Math Academy and My Reading Academy, two digital learning programs, in supporting early math and literacy skill development during the 2021-2022 school year in Tyler Independent School District, Texas. In a district where 85% of students were eligible for free and reduced-price meals,…
Descriptors: Social Services, Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Preschool Education
Dialect Density, Language Abilities and Emergent Literacy Skills of Prekindergarten Children Who Speak African American English
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Baldwin, Erika; Heilmann, John; Finneran, Denise; Cho, Chi C.; Moyle, Maura – Journal of Research in Reading, 2022
Background: Numerous studies have observed a significant and unique relationship between children's use of nonmainstream dialect and reading outcomes. We aimed to examine the relationship between nonmainstream dialect and reading at its roots by completing a preliminary evaluation of the relationship between African American English (AAE) dialect…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, African American Students, Structural Equation Models, Reading Skills
The Effects of a Two-Generation English as a Second Language (ESL) Intervention on Immigrant Parents and Children in Head Start
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Teresa Eckrich Sommer; Lauren A. Tighe; Terri J. Sabol; Elise Chor; P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale; Hirokazu Yoshikawa; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn; Amanda S. Morris; Christopher T. King – Applied Developmental Science, 2024
We present results of a randomized control trial of a two-generation English as a Second Language (ESL) program in which all families participated in Head Start while treatment parents also enrolled in a high dosage, family-focused ESL curriculum with supportive services. Examining 197 parent-child dyads among Spanish- (89%) and Zomi-speaking…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Using Technology to Improve Reading and Math Scores for the Digital Native
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Haya Shamir; Kathryn Feehan; Erik Yoder – Online Submission, 2016
This study investigates the impact of adding an adaptive computer assisted instruction (CAI) program to current Head Start curriculum on low SES, African American pre-kindergarten students' reading and math gains. Students completed pre- and post-testing with a standardized reading and math measure in order to determine relative gains. The results…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Federal Programs, Low Income Students