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Download full textDerrick-Mills, Teresa; Winkler, Mary K.; Healy, Olivia; Greenberg, Erica – Administration for Children & Families, 2015
Head Start has long focused on assessing and improving program quality to ensure that the children served receive the best possible preparation for school and life. Most research has been focused inside the classroom--the classroom environment, teacher qualifications, and teacher interactions. Of course, the classroom is important because that is…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs, Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth
NGA Center for Best Practices, 2011
Early childhood is a critical time for cognitive, social, and behavioral development. Many states have invested in comprehensive early childhood care and education systems that offer a wide range of supports and services to families from the prenatal period through school entry. Home visiting programs are an important component of state early…
Descriptors: State Programs, Early Childhood Education, Home Visits, Young Children
Cate, Debbie; Diefendorf, Martha; McCullough, Katy; Peters, Mary; Whaley, Kathy – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2010
Available resources and indicators of high quality inclusive practices are presented in this compilation. Assembling many different resources in one place allows for easy comparison of potential indicators of quality. Excerpts and adaptations of the resources are intended to provide some familiarity with the content of each resource and encourage…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Observation, Disabilities, Educational Quality
Dockett, Sue; Perry, Bob – AECA Research in Practice Series, 1999
Starting school is a transition marked by excitement, trepidation, happiness, or sadness for all involved. This issue of the Australian Early Childhood Association Research in Practice Series discusses some of the issues described as important by children, parents, and preschool and elementary educators in an interview study of children's…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes
Bloomberg, Laura; Seppanen, Patricia; Stewart, Dan – 1995
Minnesota's Family Service Collaboratives and Children's Initiative Partners encourage cooperation between communities and schools to improve the health of babies and children, increase school readiness, provide stable family environments, and promote basic academic skills. To fulfill the evaluation needs of these programs, this resource manual…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
1992
Goal 1 of the 6 national education goals established by President Bush and the nation's governors states that by the year 2000, all children in America will start school ready to learn. This document provides schools and communities with information about what children need to be able to start school ready to learn and gives examples of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Community Involvement, Early Childhood Education
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1994
The West Virginia Education Association and the Appalachia Educational Laboratory formed a study group to examine transition activities used in West Virginia by preschool, Head Start, kindergarten, and early intervention programs. The study group members developed a program identification form and a program description form, which were…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Direct linkGroark, Christina J., Ed.; Mehaffie, Kelly E., Ed.; McCall, Robert, Ed.; Greenberg, Mark T., Ed. – Corwin Press, 2006
School and district administrators, as well as policymakers, are increasingly recognizing that early education and intervention services for young children have a direct and positive impact on later school performance and quality of life. But which programs and services should be operated and funded? To answer that question, this book highlights…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Second Language Learning, Special Needs Students, Demonstration Programs
Zepeda, Marlene; Varela, Frances; Morales, Alex – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 2003, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) released a "Strategic Plan for Early Childhood Health." In recognition of the critical role states play in the development of early childhood initiatives and of the unique contributions that state Title V programs can make to these initiatives, the Bureau operationalized their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Child Health, Young Children, Strategic Planning
