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Profiles of School Readiness among Four-Year-Old Head Start Children
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Halle, Tamara G.; Hair, Elizabeth C.; Wandner, Laura D.; Chien, Nina C. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2012
This study uses the Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) data from 1997 to investigate the degree to which child, family, classroom, teacher, and Head Start program characteristics are related to children's school readiness and continued development over the four-year-old Head Start year. Latent class analyses were used to examine the…
Descriptors: Profiles, School Readiness, Educational Attainment, Social Services
Implementation of a Relationship-Based School Readiness Intervention: A Multidimensional Approach to Fidelity Measurement for Early Childhood
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Knoche, Lisa L.; Sheridan, Susan M.; Edwards, Carolyn P.; Osborn, Allison Q. – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2010
The implementation efforts of 65 early childhood professionals involved in the Getting Ready project, an integrated, multi-systemic intervention that promotes school readiness through parent engagement for children from birth to age five, were investigated. Digital videotaped records of professionals engaged in home visits with families across…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Race/Ethnicity and the Start of Child Care: A Multi-Level Analysis of Factors Influencing First Child Care Experiences
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Fram, Maryah Stella; Kim, Jinseok – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
Early childhood education and care experiences play an important role in children's development and school readiness with, in general, sustained exposure to high quality, center-based care leading to positive outcomes. Hispanic parents have been shown to be less likely than others to place their children in center-based care, particularly when…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Ethnicity, School Readiness, Early Childhood Education
Parents' and Teachers' Beliefs about Children's School Readiness in a High-Need Community.
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Piotrkowski, Chaya S.; Botsko, Michael; Matthews, Eunice – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2000
Compared the beliefs of preschool teachers, kindergarten teachers, and parents regarding children's school readiness in one mostly Hispanic and Black high-need urban school district. Found that parents held remarkably similar beliefs, regardless of ethnicity or education. Parents rated all classroom-related readiness resources such as…
Descriptors: Blacks, Compliance (Psychology), Early Childhood Education, Hispanic Americans
Making Meaning of School Readiness in Schools and Communities.
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Wesley, Patricia W.; Buysse, Virginia – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2003
Explored perceptions of school readiness among preschool and kindergarten teachers, principals, and parents. Found participants experienced tensions related to their readiness views: conflict between personal teaching/learning philosophies and state expectations; pressure placed upon children, teachers, and families for children to perform; and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Age Grade Placement, Educational Philosophy, Educational Policy