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Direct linkFaxon-Mills, Susannah; Whitaker, Anamarie A.; Cannon, Jill S.; Gomez, Celia J.; Karoly, Lynn A. – RAND Corporation, 2018
The Big Lift is a collective impact initiative extending from preschool to third grade in San Mateo County, California. The collective impact effort consists of people and organizations from various sectors uniting to tackle a single, complicated societal problem -- in this case, third grade reading achievement. The initiative is a partnership of…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Reading Skills, Primary Education, Early Childhood Education
Download full textDrummond, Katie; Holod, Aleksandra; Perrot, Marie; Wang, Antonia; Muñoz-Miller, Michèle; Ncube, Mackson; Turner, Herb – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2016
This literature review provides a review of policies, programs, and practices that have the potential to help students sustain the positive effects of preschool as they progress from kindergarten through grade 3 (K-3). The U.S. Department of Education's Policy and Program Studies Service commissioned this systematic literature review, which…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Alignment (Education), Individualized Instruction, Literature Reviews
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. Curriculum Div. – 1981
This handbook has been developed as a guide for a self-appraisal of a kindergarten curriculum. It contains sections that help individuals develop a philosophy of and rationale for a kindergarten program; formulate a checklist that shows the outcomes expected of children at the conclusion of the kindergarten program; list the curriculum areas of…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Kindergarten, Primary Education, Program Evaluation
Fowler, Susan A. – 1987
The project conducted research and developed a demonstration model aimed at helping schools and families plan transitions for young children moving from special preschools to less specialized settings including regular preschools and kindergarten. The model's target population consisted of 40 handicapped children (ages 3-5) enrolled in three…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Family School Relationship, Mainstreaming, Preschool Education
Callahan, Joseph P. – 1980
Native American programs have affective and cognitive objectives stated in project proposals. Most evaluations focus upon the cognitive, quantitative results of particular projects, programs, or interventions. Project evaluators need to use or develop instruments designed to assess the affective domain. This paper addresses the technical,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Attitude Measures, Primary Education
St. John, Edward P.; Bardzell, Jeffrey S. – 1999
This guide is designed to help school communities make good choices about early literacy intervention. The guide distinguishes between "reading" (a process of learning to decode and comprehend texts) and a broader concept of "literacy" that includes understanding of the value of language and reading (emergent literacy), the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Intervention, Educational Environment, Emergent Literacy
Mitchell, Stephanie – 1990
The Ainsworth School Spanish Partial Immersion Program (Portland, Oregon) was established in 1987 to provide an elementary foreign language magnet program to children in the district. The program's major goals are bilingual proficiency and increased understanding of the second language culture. During 1989-1990, the program enrolled 205 students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Awareness, Immersion Programs, Primary Education
Chin, Jack – 1985
An instrument was developed for use in evaluating the effects of environmental education (EE) programs on young children's attitudes. The instrument consists of pairs of drawings; students tell which picture in a given pair they like better. In developing the instrument, assumptions were made that second- and third-grade students have…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Diagrams, Environmental Education
Hagerty, Patricia J.; Foster, Ann M.; Cobb, Brian – 1998
A study compared and contrasted various early intervention reading programs, examining 12 early intervention programs in 10 school districts within 60 miles of the Denver metropolitan area. Programs selected were considered to be district-wide, had been in place for at least a year, had coordinators who agreed to be interviewed, were designed for…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Intervention, Evaluation Criteria, Interviews
Zyskowski, Gloria; Curry, Janice – 1999
The Summer Opportunity To Accelerate Reading (S.O.A.R.) program is the Title I elementary summer school of the Austin Independent School District (AISD), Texas. The S.O.A.R. program provides early intervention to accelerate literacy learning for students entering grades 1-3 who are at risk of retention or are below grade level. In its second year…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1980
Designed to accompany a slide series called "Understanding Your Grade 3 California Assessment Program (CAP) Report," this package is the second in a series that has been produced in conjunction with the new third grade test. The slide series describes the contents of the Survey of Basic Skills report that contains respective school's…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Filmstrips, Grade 3
Washington, Joyce A. – 2001
This study examined parents' perspective on the effectiveness of the Detroit Public Schools kindergarten program and public school alternatives. Surveys were mailed to the homes of 3,000 families with children enrolled in a Detroit Public Schools (DPS) kindergarten program. A total of 340 surveys were completed and returned, for a return rate of…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Quality, Kindergarten, Kindergarten Children
Huffman, Priscilla D. – 1997
This study examined the effectiveness and efficiency with which the Chippewa Falls Area United School District (Wisconsin) addressed the needs of its diverse student population, focusing on the At-Risk Kindergarten Program implemented by the school district in 1992. The program serves a selected segment of the kindergarten population in an…
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Early Intervention, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
The intent of this evaluation report is to provide information obtained from a study of the Success in Reading and Writing Program pilot project initiated in the Washington, D. C. public schools in 1978-79. The first chapter of the report describes the Success in Reading and Writing Program, its goals and objectives, and the pilot project; states…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Reading Improvement
Johnson, Jessie; And Others – 1994
This report describes the All Day Kindergarten (ADK) Program undertaken at 18 elementary schools in Columbus, Ohio, and presents an evaluation of the language development component of the program. ADK provides an extra half day of instruction, using a language-based curriculum to reinforce the skills, concepts, and educational experiences taught…
Descriptors: Attendance, Disadvantaged, Emergent Literacy, Full Day Half Day Schedules
