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Direct linkFisk, Charles L.; Harring, Jeffrey R.; Shen, Zuchao; Leite, Walter; Suen, King Yiu; Marcoulides, Katerina M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2023
Sensitivity analyses encompass a broad set of post-analytic techniques that are characterized as measuring the potential impact of any factor that has an effect on some output variables of a model. This research focuses on the utility of the simulated annealing algorithm to automatically identify path configurations and parameter values of omitted…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Algorithms, Simulation, Evaluation Methods
Kerstin Löf Catini; Susanne Westman; Eva Alerby – Policy Futures in Education, 2024
Public pressure on evaluation has influenced educational projects and national evaluation systems for many decades. This article extends the ongoing discussions in the field, offering a problematising exploration of evaluation as an educational policy phenomenon, thinking with the notion of rhythm in the analysis. Approaching educational…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research
Courtney Reim – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this exploratory descriptive research was to examine what Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) certified Montessori teachers (MTs) for students ages 3-6 years in the United States reported regarding scientific observation (SO) as a disposition and as a disposition in action (DIA) to better understand MTs' application of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Montessori Schools, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Download full textLucy Wood – New Zealand Journal of Teachers' Work, 2024
This research overview outlines the catalyst for a proposed research project which stems from an interest in trauma and its effects, particularly in early childhood. It argues that there should be a stronger focus on Trauma Informed Practice in Aotearoa New Zealand, with two foci-firstly in ITE programmes, empowering graduating kaiako with the…
Descriptors: Trauma Informed Approach, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices
Swanson, Loraine; Menon, Meera; Minogue, Amber; Russell, Rebecca; Berns, Scott – Infants and Young Children, 2023
Given the proportion of young children experiencing disadvantages in achieving optimal health due to inequities related to race, place, and income, there is increasing attention to developing effective early childhood (EC) systems. As EC leaders embrace methods such as collective impact in driving systems change, there is a growing recognition…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Educational Innovation
Elizabeth Rupnik – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This basic qualitative study aimed to understand how the results of the kindergarten readiness assessments are used within the classroom for planning curriculum, connecting to learning standards, and implementing individualized instruction, along with kindergarten teachers' perspectives on the usefulness of kindergarten readiness testing. The…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Holcomb, T. Scott; Lambert, Richard; Bottoms, Bryndle L. – Journal of Educational Supervision, 2022
In this study, various statistical indexes of agreement were calculated using empirical data from a group of evaluators (n = 45) of early childhood teachers. The group of evaluators rated ten fictitious teacher profiles using the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Process (NCTEP) rubric. The exact and adjacent agreement percentages were calculated…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, Teacher Evaluation, Statistical Analysis, Early Childhood Teachers
Mathematica, 2022
Researchers, federal and state policy leaders and administrators, and center directors all seek to understand what drives high quality Early Care and Education (ECE). The Assessing the Implementation and Cost of High Quality Early Care and Education, or ICHQ (pronounced I-check) project, led by Mathematica and funded by the Office of Planning,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
Karlsudd, Peter – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2023
This article is based on studies carried out within the "Young children's learning" research education programme. This undertaking involved five graduate students, all recruited from the Swedish preschool system. The licentiate thesis makes up the final product of their education programme, and the focus of each candidate's licentiate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Special Education, Documentation
Scott, Katharine E.; King, Rachel Ann; Cochrane, Aaron; Kalish, Charles; Shutts, Kristin – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2023
The present research evaluated whether behavioral tasks ("direct assessments") commonly used to assess young children's social cognitive development in laboratory studies could have utility for measuring and predicting U.S. children's outcomes in educational contexts. To do so, children (N = 95; 49 boys, 46 girls; 41.05% White, 16.84%…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Interpersonal Competence, Grade Prediction, Academic Achievement
Cátia Couço Lucas; Ana Paula da Silva Pereira; Leandro da Silva Almeida; Isabelle Beaudry-Bellefeuille – Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools & Early Intervention, 2024
This systematic review aims to verify whether tools designed to assess Ayres Sensory Integration constructs take into account the basic principles of current early childhood intervention approaches, namely the family-centered approach, child and family routines, and natural contexts. This systematic review was based on a standard protocol…
Descriptors: Sensory Integration, Preschool Children, Early Childhood Education, Family Involvement
Aya, Fujiwara; Shigeki, Sonoyama – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2023
Background: Kindergartens and other preschool facilities provide preschool children with an important setting for social interactions. Social interaction supports the development of social skills in children and is associated with better subsequent performance in arithmetic. Objective: This study reviewed the literature to; (a) identify targets…
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Preschool Education, Child Care Centers, Literature Reviews
Weiland, Christina; Unterman, Rebecca; Dynarski, Susan; Abenavoli, Rachel; Bloom, Howard; Braga, Breno; Faria, Ann-Marie; Greenberg, Erica H.; Jacob, Brian; Arnold Lincove, Jane; Manship, Karen; McCormick, Meghan; Miratrix, Luke; Monarrez, Tomás E.; Morris-Perez, Pamela; Shapiro, Anna; Valant, Jon; Weixler, Lindsay – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2023
Lottery-based identification strategies offer potential for generating the next generation of evidence on U.S. early education programs. Our collaborative network of five research teams applying this design in early education and methods experts has identified six challenges that need to be carefully considered in this next context: (1) available…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Admission (School)
Xingyuan Gao; Jianping Shen; Megan Russell Johnson; Huilan Krenn; Erika Burkhardt – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
In this article, we intend to illustrate the notion, practice, and evaluation methods and results related to building an effective, efficient, and equitable early care and education (ECE) system. We point out the dominant approach, in practice and evaluation, of focusing on a single ECE program to improve ECE, propose a model of developing an ECE…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Development, Educational Assessment
Meaghan McKenna; Hope Gerde; Nicolette Grasley-Boy – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2025
This article describes the development and administration of the "Kindergarten-Second Grade (K-2) Writing Data-Based Decision Making (DBDM) Survey." The "K-2 Writing DBDM Survey" was developed to learn more about current DBDM practices specific to early writing. A total of 376 educational professionals (175 general education…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten
