Classwide supports were used to increase children's early literacy skills for Head Start morning and afternoon classrooms within a preschool Response to Intervention (RtI) model. Support included interventions to improve child outcomes for letter naming fluency (LNF) and teachers' instructional and managerial variables. Targeted activities…

Evaluated level of parent involvement in early childhood special education program. Findings from 181 parents revealed that respondents were satisfied with their involvement and input in their child's educational program. Differences between parents' level of income, education, race, gender, and marital status and their subsequent level of…

Examined adequacy of Human Figure Drawing (HFD) as diagnostic instrument for differentiating aggressive and nonaggressive behavior in 4- and 5-year olds. Findings from 16 aggressive and 16 nonaggressive children revealed that HFD was not valid instrument for differentiating aggressive and nonaggressive children in this age group. (Author/NB)

Extends the reliability research of the Qualitative Scoring System for the Modified Version of the Bender-Gestalt Test. The test was administered to 48 children, and the 48 test protocols were scored independently by two psychologists using the Qualitative Scoring System. Results indicated that the scoring system is highly reliable. (JPS)

Compared the scores of Native American and Anglo American preschoolers (N=58) on the Primary Self-Concept Inventory. Analysis of the variance revealed no overall significant difference between self-concept scores; however, mean scores on the variable of Personal-Self were significantly higher for Native American preschoolers. (Author)

Parental estimates (N=24) of their normal and high-risk preschool children's vocabulary ability were compared to children's scores on the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised. Results suggested that although parents tended to overestimate ability, their estimates were somewhat useful for placing children in a broad classification range. (NRB)

Applied an approach to the interpretation of test profiles to the McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities. This resulted in differences required for significance that are two points greater than those suggested by an alternate technique. (Author)

Examined concurrent validity between Woodcock-Johnson Psycho-Educational Battery-Revised Tests of Cognitive Ability (WJ-R, COG) (Early Development) and Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence-Revised (WPPSI-R) by administering instruments to 30 normal 3, 4, and 5 year olds. WJ-R Broad Cognitive Ability and WPPSI-R Full Scale IQ and…

This study used a small sample in an intensive evaluation of a nationally disseminated Head Start program. Program-specific goals were quantitatively assessed by the use of subtests from the newly developed McCarthy Scale of Children's Abilities and by two innovative classroom observation schedules. (Author)

The relative advances in cognitive development and hearing vocabulary not only demonstrate the effectiveness of a particular program in a particular center, but also the potential effectiveness that preschool programs in general can achieve with disadvantaged children as young as 19 to 28 months of age. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to measure the relationship between the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence (WPPSI) IQs and subtest scaled scores of preschool children and their reading achievement in grade one. Further study of the predictive power of the Geometric Designs and Arithmetic subtests was suggested. (Author)

The social interactions of three children were studied in a nursery school classroom. Collections of cards termed "mixies" were used as response consequences. By the third session, each child performed target behavior everytime he had an opportunity to do so. (HMV)

Explored the relationship between the new Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) and the Revised Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT-R) Forms L and M for a sample of 30 predominantly Black Head Start children. The highest correlations occurred between the K-ABC Achievement Scale and the PPVT-R. (Author/NRB)

The findings of this experiment reveal no evidence that black Ss profitted from a single year of prekindergarten classroom-oriented activities, but indicate that black Ss derived cognitive benefits from a more extensive and home-centered program. On the other hand, white Ss appeared to profit from participation in either of the Home Start…

Subtest questions of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence are ordered from least to most difficult. Test records of 89 females and 62 males revealed though questions were misordered for the present sample, misordering was not great enough to seriously affect subtest scores or interpretation of intratest scatter. (Author)