ERIC Number: ED629253
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-May
Pages: 8
Abstractor: ERIC
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iSpy Program Mid-Year Report
RMC Research Corporation
Research indicates that vocabulary development--linked to conceptual growth and comprehension--predicts student academic achievement throughout the elementary, middle, and high school grades. Intelligence increases as vocabulary continues to develop. The iSpy program provides high-quality, content-rich classroom books, learning manipulatives, and PreK teacher resources to increase early literacy access and enhance story telling and play-based learning opportunities. Engaging, informative books and exploratory tools are also distributed to families of the PreK children to ex tend literacy experiences and science and math exploration at home. Such evidence-based experiences build conceptual understandings and foundational literacies to set preschool children up for future vocabulary and comprehension success across the disciplines. RMC Research Corporation is an evaluation of the iSpy program. In fall 2021, RMC sent out pre-surveys to parents/caregivers and teachers considering signing up for the program. The surveys asked about relevant literacy activities adults were participating in with their PreK children and students. Selected survey findings and next steps are presented in this report. [Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County contributed to this report.]
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Preschool Education, Play, Emergent Literacy, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials, Attendance, Recreational Facilities
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: RMC Research Corporation
Identifiers - Location: Florida
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