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The Relationship between Attending a Pennsylvania Pre-K Counts Prekindergarten Program and Future Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) in Kindergarten
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Zegarski, Cassandra Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The benefits of involvement in early childhood education have been researched from many different perspectives to show how children achieve social, emotional, and academic gains when they participate in a pre-kindergarten program. The purpose of this non-experimental quantitative study was to assess how attending a pre-kindergarten program in a…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Benefits, Rural Schools, Public Schools
Underachievement in Primary Grade Students: A Review of Kindergarten Enrollment and DIBELS Scores
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Rice, Shawnik Marie – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Student underachievement in kindergarten through Grade 3 continues to be a challenge in the Philadelphia School District. The purpose of this quantitative descriptive correlation study was to examine, using record archives from one Philadelphia school, whether there is a relationship between (a) reading achievement scores for the Dynamic…
Descriptors: Underachievement, Primary Education, Elementary School Students, Kindergarten
The Transactional Influence of Parents and Children in a Parent-Administered School Readiness Program
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Mathis, Erin T.; Bierman, Karen L. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
This study examines changes in parent support and child emergent literacy skills over time as children moved from Head Start into kindergarten. It compares the transactional parent-child influences in families randomly assigned in Head Start to receive an enriched home visiting program that emphasized parents as teachers relative to a control…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, School Readiness, Parents as Teachers, Early Intervention