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McConnell, Scott; Wackerle-Hollman, Alisha – AERA Open, 2016
This study evaluated the extent to which existing measures met standards for a continuous suite of general outcome measures (GOMs) assessing children's early literacy from preschool through early elementary school. The study assessed 316 children from age 3 years (2 years prekindergarten) through Grade 2, with 8 to 10 measures of language,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Student Evaluation, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children
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Bassok, Daphna; Latham, Scott; Rorem, Anna – AERA Open, 2016
Recent accounts suggest that accountability pressures have trickled down into the early elementary grades and that kindergarten today is characterized by a heightened focus on academic skills and a reduction in opportunities for play. This paper compares public school kindergarten classrooms between 1998 and 2010 using two large, nationally…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Public Schools, Educational History, Preschool Teachers