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Download full textDuncan, Greg J.; Jenkins, Jade M.; Watts, Tyler W.; Magnuson, Katherine; Clements, Douglas; Sarama, Julie; Wolfe, Christopher B.; Spitler, Mary Elaine – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
A substantial literature documents the benefits of early childhood education and formal preschool experiences on children's school readiness, with low-income and otherwise disadvantaged children benefitting the most from these programs. However, these academic benefits often fade out as children age, and most disappear by the end of kindergarten…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Grade 1
Lynch, Karen E. – Congressional Research Service, 2014
Head Start is a federal program that has provided comprehensive early childhood development services to low-income children and their families since 1965. The comprehensive nature of the program includes educational, health, nutritional, and social services. These services are intended to prepare children to enter kindergarten and to improve the…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Federal Programs, Young Children, Low Income Groups
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) topic report addresses reading interventions for students in grades K-3, including core reading curricula, programs, or products to be used as supplements to other reading instruction, programs that focus on staff development, and literacy software. The WWC review on beginning reading focuses on programs…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Beginning Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Achievement
Moss, Marc; Jacob, Robin; Boulay, Beth; Horst, Megan; Poulos, Jennifer – US Department of Education, 2006
In October 2003, the US Department of Education contracted with Abt Associates to design and conduct the Reading First Implementation Evaluation. This report focuses on the following questions: (1) How is the Reading First program implemented in districts and schools? and (2) How does reading instruction differ in Reading First schools and…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Reading Programs
