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Peer reviewedCesarone, Bernard – Childhood Education, 1995
Summarizes eight recent ERIC documents and seven journal articles on mixed-age grouping. Includes discussions of teaching in the multiage classroom, Kentucky's Primary Program, developmentally appropriate practices in the primary grades, thematic instruction, attitudes toward mixed-age grouping, and questions and answers about mixed-age grouping.…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Instructional Effectiveness, Mixed Age Grouping, Primary Education
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1991
This report describes the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) Preschool Programs, which envision an early childhood educational delivery system that provides for developmentally appropriate practices in children's programming, integrated services to families, and interagency collaborations among organizations. For the 1990-91 school year,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Eligibility, Enrollment
Download full textWilliams, Marium T. – 1990
This paper describes how a vice principal at a rural Kentucky elementary school successfully implemented curriculum changes to meet the learning needs of young children. The change process also addressed the concerns of kindergarten teachers frustrated with the demands of teaching basal reader activities that eliminated explorative play and other…
Descriptors: Assistant Principals, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Peck, Claudia J.; Bridge, Connie – 1992
The Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) Preschool Programs is a comprehensive early childhood educational delivery system that provides developmentally appropriate practices to children, integrated services to families, and interdisciplinary and interagency collaboration among organizations serving young children in Kentucky. This report…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cost Effectiveness, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 1992
This packet contains four separate documents designed to help elementary schools develop their own action plans for implementing the KERA (Kentucky Education Reform Act) Primary Program, a developmentally appropriate program for young children supported by the Kentucky Department of Education. Fully implemented primary programs are to include the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Continuous Progress Plan, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Improvement
Bridge, Connie A.; And Others – 1993
In June 1990, the state of Kentucky passed its innovative Education Reform Act, which totally restructured the finance, governance, and curriculum of its public schools. One of the major provisions of the act was the mandate for Kentucky's primary schools to change from the traditional placement of children of the same age in kindergarten, first,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Hovda, Ric A., Ed.; And Others – 1996
Based on the experiences of teachers, principals, and parents involved in the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA), this book is a collection of accounts and reflections by teachers or administrators who have engaged in developing and implementing nongraded primary education programs. The articles in this book are: (1) "Reforming the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Design, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Coe, Pamelia; And Others – 1995
A 5-year qualitative study of implementation of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) analyzes the effects on four rural school districts of large-scale changes in state policy. This annual report of the project focuses on five key KERA "strands." First, KERA mandates that grades K-3 be replaced with an ungraded primary program…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Change, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Legislation
McGee, Christy D. – 1994
This study examined the implementation of the seven critical attributes of the primary school curriculum mandated by the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) in a single multi-age primary classroom. The study used a case-study approach over a 16-month period. The seven attributes observed are: (1) developmentally appropriate practices; (2)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Continuous Progress Plan, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
