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Bell, Christian M. – Online Submission, 2014
The Texas Literacy Initiative (TLI) was first implemented in Austin Independent School District during the 2012-2013 school. This report summarizes Spring 2014 survey responses from teachers at TLI campuses.
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Literacy Education, School Districts, Language Skills
Herrera, Angelica Ware; Malerba, Cathy – Online Submission, 2010
This 2008-2009 school year program in AISD uses a train-the-trainer model in which Spanish-speaking mothers participate in a 6-week course about teaching early literacy skills and preparing their children for school. Sixty-nine of 107 mothers completed the program in 2008-2009. Students of mothers who completed the program showed academic gains.
Descriptors: Mothers, Spanish Speaking, Emergent Literacy, Literacy
McManis, Lilla D.; Gunnewig, Susan B.; McManis, Mark H. – Online Submission, 2010
This exploratory study examined the relationship between use of an interactive (touchscreen) whiteboard and development of school readiness skills. Over one school year, public school regular education prekindergarten classrooms used an interactive whiteboard with preloaded literacy and math activities. The children were low-income and English…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Reading Readiness, Low Income Groups, Standardized Tests
Severeide, Rebecca – Online Submission, 2007
Purpose and Methods: This report is the second benchmark study to assess the system of supports for school readiness. The data for this study was collected in the fall of 2006 on 537 entering kindergarten children and their families in eight representative schools across the County. The ecological model and methods from the first study, which was…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship