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Pasnik, Shelley; Llorente, Carlin – Education Development Center, Inc., 2013
This report presents results from the "Ready To Learn" Prekindergarten Transmedia Mathematics Study, a principal part of the summative evaluation of "Ready To Learn," which is a partnership between the US Department of Education, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS. Researchers found that preschool children who…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Young Children, Preschool Education
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National Center for Education Research, 2008
A variety of preschool curricula is available and in widespread use, however, there is a lack of evidence from rigorous evaluations regarding the effects of these curricula on children's school readiness. The lack of such information is important as early childhood center-based programs have been a major, sometimes the sole, component of a number…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Low Income, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Children
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Christopher J. Lonigan; Jason L. Anthony; Brenlee G. Bloomfield; Sarah M. Dyer; Corine S. Samwel – Journal of Early Intervention, 1999
The effects of 2 preschool-based shared-reading interventions were evaluated with 95 children, ages 2- to 5-years, from low-income families. Language skills of the children were below age-level as measured by standardized tests. Children were pretested and randomly assigned to 1 of 3 conditions: (a) no-treatment control, (b) typical shared-reading…
Descriptors: Expressive Language, High Risk Students, Listening Comprehension, Low Income