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Scholastic Inc., 2017
This report presents the 6th Edition of Scholastic's biannual study of children's and parents' attitudes and behaviors about reading. The latest research touches on: (1) Reading Books for Fun; (2) Reading Aloud; (3) Summer Reading; and (4) Favorite Children's Books. This research provides both reasons to celebrate as well as a strong motivation to…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Oral Reading, Emergent Literacy, Parent Role
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2014
Scientific discoveries indicated the importance of brain growth during the first 5 years of child life. To support early childhood development, California voter passed Proposition 10 in 1998 to collect a 50 cent per pack tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. Kern County Children and Families Commission (First 5 Kern) receives funding from…
Descriptors: Young Children, Child Development, Counties, Child Health
Goodson, Barbara; Wolf, Anne; Bell, Steve; Turner, Herb; Finney, Pamela B. – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2011
This study is the first randomized study of the impacts of the vocabulary instruction program Kindergarten PAVEd for Success (K-PAVE) (Hamilton and Schwanenflugel 2011) on low-income students in kindergarten and grade 1. The study has two components. The first component is a test of the impacts of one year of the K-PAVE vocabulary instruction in…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Observation, Vocabulary, Teacher Surveys
Barbara Goodson; Anne Wolf; Steve Bell; Herb Turner; Pamela B. Finney – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2010
State education departments, in discussions with Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Southeast, identified low reading achievement as a critical issue for their students and expressed an interest in identifying effective strategies to promote the foundational skills in young students that might improve reading achievement. The Mississippi…
Descriptors: Listening Comprehension, Intervention, Reading Aloud to Others, Observation
Spielberger, Julie; Baker, Stephen; Winje, Carolyn; Mayers, Leifa – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2009
Chapin Hall has been conducting an implementation and evaluability study of the ECCI (Early Childhood Cluster Initiative) project since the midway point of its first year. As described in the authors' first report (Spielberger & Goyette, 2006), the initiative made considerable progress in its initial year, particularly in implementing the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Counties
Uys, Kitty; Alant, Erna – Perspectives in Education, 2004
The purpose of this article is to describe the processes followed to develop an authentic, reliable and valid play-based assessment of communication-related behaviours in young children with severe disabilities. The Daily Multiple Measurement Instrument (DMMI) was developed to be used based on an intervention package of play activities. The…
Descriptors: Measurement, Disabilities, Test Validity, Young Children
Spielberger, Julie; Rich, Lauren; Gouvea, Marcia; Winje, Carolyn; Scannell, Molly; Harden, Allen; Berg, Kristin – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2009
For more than a decade, Florida's Palm Beach County has been building an infrastructure of prevention and early intervention services to promote and support the healthy development and school readiness of children from birth to age 8. The county began this effort with a set of programs focused on serving families in four targeted geographic areas…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Early Intervention, Child Abuse, Pregnancy
Farmer, Yvette; Cawthon, Laurie; Lindsay, Jonathan – 2001
This pilot project was designed as a collaborative effort to serve substance abusing women and their young children. The goals were to improve the health and welfare of these families by early identification of pregnant substance abusers; improve access to and coordination of health care services and chemical dependency treatment; and provide…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Cooperation, Drug Rehabilitation, Early Intervention
Children's Action Alliance, 2005
The early childhood education workforce is critical to the economic well-being of the state of Arizona as well as the future of children. Research has consistently shown that the commitment, education, experience and continuity of teachers for young children are primary factors affecting their early learning and their development of math,…
Descriptors: Credentials, Young Children, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Salaries
National Institute for Literacy, 2008
The National Early Literacy Panel (NELP) was appointed in 2002 and carried out its work under the auspices of the National Center for Family Literacy (NCFL). NELP's primary goal was to identify interventions, parenting activities, and instructional practices that promote the development of children's early literacy skills. The National Institute…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Home Programs, Young Children, Program Effectiveness
Wylie, Cathy; Thompson, Jean – 1998
The longitudinal New Zealand project "Competent Children" has two objectives: to describe and analyze variations and changes in children's cognitive, social, communicative and problem-solving competencies from the time they begin school at the age of five; and to determine what impact children's early childhood education experiences,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Communication Skills, Early Childhood Education, Family Environment
Bhagwanji, Yash; Bennett, Tess – 1997
The Great Lakes Resource Access Project (Region V RAP) serves Head Start programs in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The Region V RAP conducts an annual needs assessment to determine the training and technical assistance needs of the Head Start Disability Services Coordinators. A survey for assessing needs for the…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Childhood Needs, Disabilities, Emotional Problems