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National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1994
As a product of the Early Childhood Subcommittee of the National Education Statistics Agenda Committee of the National Forum on Education Statistics, this report evaluates the types of data needed to assess the status of children in their preschool years, evaluate the impact of their early experiences, and address policy questions related to early…
Descriptors: Agenda Setting, Child Development, Child Rearing, Child Welfare
Bergan, John R. – 1991
The transition to elementary school spans several years in a child's life. For children to progress during this critical period, they must have learning opportunities that are appropriate to their changing developmental levels. Unfortunately, measurement technology that currently dominates assessment practice does not lend itself well to the task…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Developmental Programs, Developmental Stages
Ayres, Mary Jo – 1992
This study assessed teachers' opinions about the promotion of immature children to first grade. A total of 224 teachers from private and public elementary schools in Mississippi completed a questionnaire that addressed such issues as the relation between maturity and readiness, repetition of kindergarten, academic and peer pressure, and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary School Teachers
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1991
During the first half of the 1990-91 school year, 446 children were served by the Chapter 1 Prekindergarten Program of the Saginaw, Michigan school district. A process evaluation was conducted to monitor the program and assess whether it was being implemented as planned. This year, the process evaluation consisted of half-day classroom…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education
Natwick, Kathryn I. – 1991
The overall goal of this 10-week practicum was to train parents and teachers in activities that would reduce anxieties and increase skills in Head Start children in order to prepare them for the transition to kindergarten. A kindergarten preparation curriculum unit was developed and workshops were held for training Head Start teachers in its use.…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, High Risk Students, Kindergarten

Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1992
This report addresses problems associated with school readiness and offers recommendations intended to help the 15 member states of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) meet goals that were adopted in 1988. After discussing the importance of school readiness, the report lists some obstacles to readiness that are especially prevalent in the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth
National Commission on Children, Washington, DC. – 1993
This compilation of extensive facts and figures on topics pertaining to America's children and families is a ready reference for journalists, advocates, and others who need easy access to data on conditions and trends. The book's first nine chapters are: (1) "The Changing American Family"; (2) "Children's Growth and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Development
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1993
Noting that communities and states all across America are working to achieve the first National Education Goal--by the year 2000, all children in America will start school ready to learn--this paper provides information on efforts to meet that goal. The first portion of the paper presents a definition of readiness to learn devised by the Education…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Check Lists, Child Development, Early Childhood Education
Tennessee State Board of Education, Nashville. – 1992
This document describes Tennessee's 1993 Master Plan for education and the state's progress toward achieving eight of its key goals. Goals are outlined for achieving results in the areas of early childhood education, primary and middle grades education, high school education, technology, professional development and teacher education,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
A 5-year longitudinal study, still in progress, was designed to evaluate the effectiveness of prekindergarten programs in Texas. The components of the study include a statewide survey of school districts, a case study of 10 schools' prekindergarten programs, and a longitudinal study of 2,000 students enrolled in prekindergarten during the 1989-90…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Practices
Zhang, Xiaoping; Sigel, Irving E. – 1994
This cross-cultural study evaluated the effects of nontraditional versus traditional educational approaches in kindergarten on children's preparation for first grade and their readiness to learn. Fifty children in a developmental kindergarten in Pennsylvania, and 50 children in a traditional academic kindergarten in Sichuan province, People's…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Differences, Cultural Traits
Yerkes, Rita – 1982
To determine whether the creative-adventure playground model functions as an effective extension of the classroom, researchers at Northern Illinois University's Early Childhood Education Research Laboratory studied the effects of playground participation on the development of visual-motor integration in 32 preschool boys and girls aged 3 to 4.5.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Classroom Techniques, Creative Development, Curriculum Development
Davis, Nancy B. – 1989
Two school entrance assessments were compared to determine whether or not they are theoretically unique approaches to kindergarten screening. The first test was the "Brigance K and 1 Screen" (Brigance, 1982), a kindergarten entrance assessment which focuses on perceptual-motor development, background experience, and rote memory as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Developmental Tasks
Corey, Kathleen; And Others – 1987
Preparing Refugees for Elementary Programs (PREP) is a federal program to prepare young refugee children for further learning in the United States. Findings from current research on how children learn to speak, read, and write were used to design the curriculum. All children receive 18 weeks of full-time instruction, during which their parents…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Hrul, Judith; Casserly, Michael – 1982
Focusing on formal testing programs involving academic achievement, the assessment of student performance in 28 large city school districts is described. In addition to presenting how districts have designed testing programs to meet the variety in the students they serve, this report also discussed test management, work with test publishers, test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education