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Utilizing the Desired Results Developmental Profile as a Measure of School Readiness: Evaluating Factor Structure and Predictors of School Readiness
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Sutter, Carolyn; Ontai, Lenna L.; Nishina, Adrienne; Conger, Katherine J.; Shilts, Mical K.; Townsend, Marilyn S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
A disconnect exists between definitions of school readiness used in research and early childhood education (ECE). While researchers often discuss school readiness as a single, multidimensional construct, the majority of studies operationalize it using multiple measures rather than as one outcome. In comparison, in ECE settings a single measurement…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Factor Structure, Predictor Variables, Early Childhood Education
Reliability and Validity of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Revised Edition, ECERS-R in Arabic
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Hadeed, Julie – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
The aim of this study was to test reliabilities and validations for the Arabic translation of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Revised (ECERS-R) scale [Harms, T., Clifford, R. M., & Cryer, D. (1998). "Early childhood environment rating scale, revised edition." New York: Teachers College Press]. ECERS-R mean scores were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Semitic Languages, Reliability, Validity
Father Involvement and Student Achievement: Variations Based on Demographic Contexts
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McBride, Brent A.; Dyer, W. Justin; Laxman, Daniel J. – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
The purpose of this study was to longitudinally examine the relationship between father involvement in school settings and student achievement. The sample, pulled from the first and second waves of the PSID-CDS data set, consisted of 596 families with children aged 5-12 at time 1. Results revealed variations in the relationship between father…
Descriptors: Fathers, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Children
Mothers of Young Children with Disabilities: Perceived Benefits and Worries about Preschool
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Mawdsley, Helena P.; Hauser-Cram, Penny – Early Child Development and Care, 2013
A child's move from early intervention (EI) to special education preschool is considered to be a critical transition point for both the child and family. Family concerns during this process are heightened by changes in service delivery systems. Although much has been written about the transition from EI services, little is known about the parents'…
Descriptors: Mothers, Young Children, Parent Attitudes, Early Intervention