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Download full textPhillips, Deborah; Crowell, Nancy; Whitebook, Marcy; Bellm, Dan – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2002
Enhancing the early literacy of the nation's children is now a goal shared by parents, educators, and policymakers alike. Fundamental to this goal is a workforce of early childhood educators who are themselves literate: able to become well-informed about child development, to organize learning strategies for young children, to assess children's…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Child Development, Educational Indicators, Educational Quality
Armstrong, Bill; And Others – 1989
Demographic and educational data were gathered from July 1986 through April 1989 for approximately 121,504 participants in Greater Avenues for Independence (GAIN) from all 58 counties in California that have implemented GAIN. Instrumentation was the GAIN Appraisal Program, three tests developed to provide an initial appraisal of participants'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educational Background
