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Reducing and Averting Achievement Gaps: Key Findings from the Report 'Education Inequalities at the School Starting Gate' and Comprehensive Strategies to Mitigate Early Skills Gaps
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García, Emma; Weiss, Elaine – Economic Policy Institute, 2017
Persistently large achievement gaps between high-social-class and low-social-class children in America, and the disparities in opportunity that drive these achievement gaps, threaten the very notion of the American Dream. The lack of true equality of opportunity calls for much more comprehensive interventions to tackle those gaps. This report…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Equal Education, Educational Strategies, Educational Policy
Teacher-Rated School Readiness Items in a Kindergarten Sample: Outcomes in First Grade
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Stormont, Melissa; Cohen, Daniel R.; Herman, Keith C.; Reinke, Wendy M. – School Psychology, 2019
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effectiveness of a brief and feasible universal screener for kindergarten readiness for predicting follow-up outcomes in first grade. Participants included kindergarten and first-grade teachers and students from 6 urban elementary schools. Students included slightly more males than females (54%;…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Teacher Attitudes
Information and Resources on Developing State Policy on Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA). CEELO FastFacts
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Connors-Tadros, L. – Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2014
The Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) was asked to provide information on how other states are approaching the development and implementation of Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) as part of a comprehensive assessment system. Specifically, the request asked for information about KEA measures used by other states, the processes…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, State Policy, Information Sources, Educational Resources
The Kindergarten Academic and Behavior Readiness Screener: The Utility of Single-Item Teacher Ratings of Kindergarten Readiness
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Stormont, Melissa; Herman, Keith C.; Reinke, Wendy M.; King, Kathleen R.; Owens, Sarah – School Psychology Quarterly, 2015
The purpose of the study was to explore the effectiveness of a brief, feasible, and cost-effective universal screener for kindergarten readiness. The study examined whether teacher ratings of kindergarteners' academic, behavioral, and overall readiness at the beginning of the year were predictive of academic, emotional, and behavioral outcomes at…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Statistical Analysis, Regression (Statistics)
Effect of Early Childhood Education Programs on School Readiness
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Allen, Cynthia R. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
A specific assessment for testing readiness skills is lacking for children entering kindergarten. This study investigates the influence of early education programs on school readiness and differences between male and female school readiness screening scores upon students' entrance into kindergarten. The study uses 321 school readiness screening…
Descriptors: Student Records, Rural Schools, School Readiness, Early Childhood Education
Rural Kindergarten Teachers' Perceptions of School Readiness: A Comparison with the Carnegie Study.
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Espinosa, Linda M.; Thornburg, Kathy R.; Mathews, Michelle C. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1997
Compared school readiness as understood by kindergarten teachers in 11 rural Missouri communities with results of national Carnegie study of 7,000 kindergarten teachers. Found that Missouri teachers judged their students as more ready than did the national sample, and a greater portion believed that children are more ready now than five years ago.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Primary Education