This research study examined the effectiveness of prekindergarten (PK) on kindergarten school readiness. The parents or guardians of kindergarten students at two Title I schools located in an urban school district in the southeastern United States...
Educational tests and measurements, Educational evaluation
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Young children are assessed to meet federal mandates and inform policy decisions, provide teachers with useful information to make instructional decisions and set reasonable learning goals, and facilitate communication with families. While young c...
The need for twenty-first century learning skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and the use of technology are paramount to success in today's classroom. The purpose of this study was to explore what happened when childre...
Early childhood education, Developmental psychology
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High-quality early childhood education, such as pre-kindergarten (pre-k) can help children develop the academic and social-emotional skills they need to succeed in school. Pre-k can be especially important for students at risk of starting elementa...
Early childhood education, Education and state, Ethnology
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Early childhood formative assessment (FA) is a process by which teachers gather data about their students’ knowledge and skills across the five domains of early childhood development in order to scaffold and support their students’ unique learning...
