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Cummings, K. – Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, 2022
Statewide Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) enrollment data suggests that the percentage of children from homes where English is not the primary language has remained steady over the past four years at around a third of the enrolled population (33% in 2015-16 and 32% in 2019-20). In ECEAP, children from homes where English…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Bilingual Students, Teaching Methods
Powell, Anna; Montoya, Elena; Austin, Lea J. E.; Kim, Yoonjeon; Muruvi, Wanzi; Copeman Petig, Abby – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, 2023
Early care and education (ECE) programs for children prior to kindergarten in California are provided through a mixed delivery system that includes licensed home- and center-based programs as well as school settings. The requirements, experience, and supports for educators vary widely across settings, depending more on funding sources and…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S.; Garwood, Justin D.; Mokrova, Irina L. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2016
This report focuses on the results of the second year of this longitudinal study--the 2014-2015 Georgia's Pre-K Program Evaluation. The purpose of this evaluation study was to examine initial longitudinal outcomes related to school readiness for children and the quality of their classrooms from pre-k through kindergarten. The primary evaluation…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Kindergarten
Geay, Charlotte; McNally, Sandra; Telhaj, Shqiponja – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2012
In recent years there has been an increase in the number of children going to school in England who do not speak English as a first language. We investigate whether this has an impact on the educational outcomes of native English speakers at the end of primary school. We show that the negative correlation observed in the raw data is mainly an…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Native Speakers, English (Second Language)
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen; Schaaf, Jennifer; Hildebrandt, Lisa; LaForett, Dore – FPG Child Development Institute, 2013
The North Carolina Pre-Kindergarten Program (NC Pre-K) is a state-funded initiative for at-risk 4-year-olds, designed to provide a high quality, classroom-based educational program during the year prior to kindergarten entry. Children are eligible for NC Pre-K based on age, family income (at or below 75% of state median income), and other risk…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, At Risk Students, State Programs
Manship, Karen; Holod, Aleksandra; Quick, Heather; Ogut, Burhan; de los Reyes, Iliana Brodziak; Anthony, Jennifer; Chernoff, Jodi Jacobson; Hauser, Alison; Martin, Alejandra; Keuter, Shannon; Vontsolos, Emily; Rein, Elena; Anderson, Emily – American Institutes for Research, 2017
California's Kindergarten Readiness Act of 2010 established transitional kindergarten (TK), the first year of a two-year kindergarten program for students affected by the change in the birthdate cutoff for entry into kindergarten from December 2 to September 1. This final report from the program's evaluation focuses on results from a five-year…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Entrance Age, School Readiness, Transitional Programs
Hulsey, Lara; Aikens, Nikki; Xue, Yange; Tarullo, Louisa; West, Jerry – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) was first launched in 1997 as a periodic longitudinal study of program performance. Successive nationally representative samples of Head Start children, their families, classrooms, and programs provide descriptive information on the population served; staff qualifications, credentials,…
Descriptors: Family Life, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Family Environment
Tollefson, Nona; And Others – 1980
The effect of two student characteristics (sex and grade point average) and two class variables (educational level and expected grade) were investigated as they pertain to the validity of college student ratings of teaching effectiveness. Students completed the Teacher Effectiveness Questionnaire (TEQ) the last week of the semester. The TEQ…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic), Higher Education
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, 1997
This report is part of a series of surveys that reflect MetLife's continued efforts to bring insight and understanding to current issues in education that affect American public schools. MetLife's overall goal is to bring the opinions of teachers and students to the attention of educators, policymakers and the American public. The 1997 survey…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Gender Issues, Gender Differences
Macomb County Intermediate School District, Mount Clemens, MI. – 1978
The first volume of this report describes a survey of the adult basic education program in Michigan, including a statement of purposes, a review of relevant literature, a discussion of procedures and survey instruments, a discussion of findings and conclusions, and a chapter on limitations of the study and recommendations for future research. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Classroom Environment, Competency Based Education
Ward, Beatrice A.; And Others – 1982
This volume, part of the Junior High School Transition Study, reports on findings regarding one of five areas of interest in the study. Questions being addressed are: (1) How do students participate in, and respond to, junior high school instruction? (2) Do students respond differently in different circumstances? and (3) Are these differences, if…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Rounds, Thomas S.; And Others – 1982
This volume, part of the Junior High School Transition Study which examined students' adjustment to junior high school, reports on findings related to instructional organization in elementary and junior high schools. Chapter 1 presents a brief overview of the project and outlines the theoretical framework used to describe and compare the ways in…
Descriptors: Class Organization, Classes (Groups of Students), Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
Mullis, Ina V. S.; Martin, Michael O.; Gonzalez, Eugenio J.; Chrostowski, Steven J. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2004
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2003 is the most recent in a very ambitious series of international assessments conducted in nearly 50 countries to measure trends in mathematics and science learning. The aim of TIMSS, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, is to improve the teaching and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 8, Grade 4, Mathematics Teachers
Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2008
The purpose of this document is to present, in summary fashion, statistical information on the status of public education in Miami-Dade County. Information is provided in the areas of organization, educational programs and services, achievement, and other outcomes of schooling. Also included are multi-year statistics on student population,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Profiles, Public Schools, Public Education
Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2007
The purpose of this document is to present, in summary fashion, statistical information on the status of public education in Miami-Dade County. Information is provided in the areas of organization, educational programs and services, achievement, and other outcomes of schooling. Also included are multi-year statistics on student population,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Profiles, Public Schools, Public Education
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