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Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2021
This Study Snapshot highlights key findings from a study that examines up-to-date information about evidence-based practices that are essential for early childhood educators and policymakers as they support preschool children's language and literacy development. The study used a process modeled after the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) methodology…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Preschool Children, Language Acquisition, Emergent Literacy
Lucas, Michelle; Poulsen, Helen – Online Submission, 2020
This report summarizes the first year of the prekindergarten partnership between AISD, United Way for Greater Austin, and participating child development centers that served 417 students. Classrooms and students displayed high quality of instruction and academic performance, and teacher professional development opportunities are summarized.
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Partnerships in Education, School Districts, School Community Programs
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Bell, Sherry Mee; McCallum, R. Steve; Ziegler, Mary; Davis, C. A.; Coleman, MariBeth – Annals of Dyslexia, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to describe briefly the development and utility of the "Assessment of Reading Instructional Knowledge-Adults" ("ARIK-A"), the only nationally normed (n?=?468) measure of adult reading instructional knowledge, created to facilitate professional development of adult educators. Developmental data…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Reading Instruction, Adult Education
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Beauchat, Katherine A.; Blamey, Katrin L.; Walpole, Sharon – Reading Teacher, 2009
Preschool is a complex place, and some preschool educators come to their classrooms without formal training in language and literacy pedagogy. As a result, they need practical guidance and support to ensure that they are facilitating literacy success. An area ripe for targeted language and literacy instruction is shared storybook reading. We have…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Language Acquisition