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Lynch, Kathleen; Lee, Monica; Loeb, Susanna – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic's impact on preschool children's school readiness skills remains understudied. This research investigates Head Start preschool children's early numeracy, literacy, and executive function outcomes during a pandemic-affected school year, using a novel virtual assessment methodology. Study children (N = 336; mean age = 51…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Low Income Groups, Federal Programs
Adams, Diane – 1976
The results of a study that probed the differential effects of low income parent involvement ln the Dane County, Wisconsin, Head Start program are summarized in this paper. Different levels of parental involvement in the educational process of their preschool children were selected for study: enrolling the child in Head Start, receiving home…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Community Involvement, Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups
Rosin, Peggy; And Others – 1997
This final report describes the implementation and outcomes of a project designed to assist Wisconsin in meeting its need for qualified and appropriately trained personnel to carry out their new roles as service coordinators in the provision of early intervention services. The project's activities included: (1) development of a set of training…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Coordinators, Disabilities
Gabler, Carol L. – 1990
The Family Literacy Program in Eau Claire, Wisconsin is an example of a strong linkage between professional educators, volunteers, and parents. The program uses the strengths of reading professionals working with preschool students and adult learners in order to break the intergenerational cycle of illiteracy. Cooperation and hard work are the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Family Influence
Shackelford, Jo, Ed. – 1994
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that each state participating in the federal early intervention program establish a state interagency coordinating council (SICC) to assist and advise the state lead agencies in achieving a coordinated service delivery system. Some states have also established local interagency…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role
Placide, Dorothy J. – 1976
The Special Educational Needs Program (SEN) was established in 1973 to provide supplemental educational resources for children who have or are likely to have low levels of achievement, especially in relation to social and economic factors. The SEN program is unique in that it is the first and only Department of Public Instruction program which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Nolte, Jane – 1973
This is the final project-outcomes report of the Home Aid for Parents in Preschool Education (H.A.P.P.E.) which had as its ultimate goal the development of a variety of materials for the education of parents of preschool children and future parents (e.g. high school child development students). Results are described in terms of the six project…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Child Development, Delivery Systems, Dial Access Information Systems