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Direct linkCharmaine Bonds – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Early childhood teachers had to restructure instruction when the COVID-19 pandemic began, and instruction was completed online. The problem was that early childhood teachers faced challenges using developmentally appropriate practice (DAP) in online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, COVID-19, Pandemics
Download full textSebastian Kiguel; Sarah Cashdollar; Meg Bates – Illinois Workforce and Education Research Collaborative, Discovery Partners Institute, 2024
In this report, we perform a descriptive analysis of kindergarten readiness in Illinois. We use data on the population of Illinois kindergarteners between the 2017-18 and 2021-22 school years provided by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). In our analysis, we build on the existing literature and examine readiness over time, by domain,…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Kindergarten
Peer reviewedYun, Cathy; Melnick, Hanna; Wechsler, Marjorie – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
Early childhood assessments can provide important information to guide instruction and inform policy. Given the widespread and growing use of statewide kindergarten entry assessments (KEAs), in particular, it is important that policymakers understand how to choose and use assessments wisely. This brief summarizes research showing how authentic…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Performance Based Assessment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Student Evaluation
High-Quality Early Childhood Assessment: Learning from States' Use of Kindergarten Entry Assessments
Yun, Cathy; Melnick, Hanna; Wechsler, Marjorie – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
High-quality early childhood programs aim to foster children's learning through developmentally appropriate practices and environments. Early childhood assessments, when well designed and well implemented, can support developmentally appropriate early learning experiences by providing information to guide instruction and support whole child…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Student Evaluation
Zinsser, Katherine M.; Dusenbury, Linda – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2015
The state of Illinois in the central United States has long been a trendsetter both in the development of learning standards and in addressing social and emotional learning in education settings. With a recent revision to the state's early learning standards, published in 2013, the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) fully aligned its…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Academic Standards, State Standards
Göncü, Artin; Main, Catherine; Perone, Anthony; Tozer, Steve – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2014
Recent Illinois legislation requires school principals in the state to be qualified to provide school leadership for children from preschool to grade twelve instead of kindergarten to grade twelve. Illinois is the first state to make such a change and may well serve as a model for change in school leadership preparation on a national level. The…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Education, Principals
