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Direct linkGarcía, Georgia Earnest; Lang, María G. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2023
In this longitudinal, qualitative case study, critical pedagogical and sociocultural perspectives were employed to analyze the language and literacy strengths, challenges, inequities, and gentrification issues that characterized the first three years of a two-way, 50-50 Spanish-English dual-language (DL) program's implementation, and how the DL…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Bilingual Education Programs, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Download full textMaryland State Department of Education, 2015
Maryland's demanding new Kindergarten Readiness Assessment was administered statewide for the first time. Its results are revealing and sobering. Many states do not even check in any systematic way on their children's readiness for kindergarten, and in previous years, Maryland used metrics based on modest expectations, outdated standards, and…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, State Standards, Student Evaluation
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2014
This Annual Plan presents the major initiatives and priorities the U.S. Department of Education (Department) Office of Inspector General (OIG) intends to undertake to assist the Department in fulfilling its responsibilities to America's taxpayers and students. The Department continues to face significant challenges in FY 2015 that impact its…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Strategic Planning, Grants, Compliance (Legal)
Quick, Heather; Manship, Karen; González, Raquel; Holod, Aleksandra; Cadigan, Michele; Anthony, Jennifer; Hauser, Alison; Madsen, Shannon; Blum, Jarah; Mercado-Garcia, Diana – American Institutes for Research, 2014
In 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Kindergarten Readiness Act into law, which changed the kindergarten entry age so that children must turn 5 by September instead of December to enroll. The new grade level was put into place to promote school readiness for California's youngest learners. It also established a new grade…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Transitional Programs
American Institutes for Research, 2014
In 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Kindergarten Readiness Act into law, which changed the kindergarten entry age so that children must turn 5 by September instead of December to enroll. The new grade level was put into place to promote school readiness for California's youngest learners. It also established a new grade…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Transitional Programs
Ashby, Cornelia M. – Government Accountability Office, 2007
The Reading First program was designed to help students in kindergarten through third grade develop stronger reading skills. This report examines the implementation of the Reading First program, including: (1) changes that have occurred to reading instruction; (2) criteria states have used to award sub-grants to districts, and the difficulties, if…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Skills, Compliance (Legal)
