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Upshur, Carole C.; Wenz-Gross, Melodie; Rhoads, Christopher; Heyman, Miriam; Yoo, Yeonsoo; Sawosik, Gail – Grantee Submission, 2019
A classroom randomized efficacy trial conducted over four years in 7 community-based preschool and 6 Head Start programs investigated effects of the Second Step Early Learning (SSEL) curriculum on end of preschool executive functioning (EF) and social-emotional (SE) skills in low-income children. Outcomes are reported for n=770 four-year-olds…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Intervention, Preschool Curriculum, Preschool Children
McClelland, Megan M.; Tominey, Shauna L.; Schmitt, Sara A.; Hatfield, Bridget; Purpura, David; Gonzales, Christopher; Tracy, Alexis – Grantee Submission, 2019
Considerable research has examined interventions that facilitate school readiness skills in young children. One intervention, "Red Light, Purple Light Circle Time Games" (RLPL; Tominey and McClelland, 2011; Schmitt et al., 2015), includes music and movement games that aim to foster self-regulation skills. The present study (N = 157)…
Descriptors: Intervention, School Readiness, Skill Development, Low Income Students
Tyler W. Watts; Jill Gandhi; Deanna A. Ibrahim; Michael D. Masucci; C. Cybele Raver – Grantee Submission, 2018
The current paper reports long-term treatment impact estimates for a randomized evaluation of an early childhood intervention designed to promote children's developmental outcomes and improve the quality of Head Start centers serving high-violence and high-crime areas in inner-city Chicago. Initial evaluations of end-of-preschool data reported…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Outcomes of Treatment
Upshur, Carole C.; Heyman, Miriam; Wenz-Gross, Melodie – Grantee Submission, 2017
A classroom randomized trial (n = 31 classrooms) was conducted using the Second Step Early Learning (SSEL) curriculum compared to usual curricula. Head Start and community preschool classrooms enrolling low income children were randomly assigned to deliver SSEL (n = 16) or usual curricula (n = 15). Data are reported for four year olds…
Descriptors: Randomized Controlled Trials, Preschool Curriculum, Early Childhood Education, Low Income