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National Foundation for Educational Research, 2023
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the very youngest pupils in schools had their schooling and social interactions in the classroom disrupted by lengthy periods of school closures and remote learning. This research focuses particularly on these young pupils, and is exploring how their learning and social skills are recovering two years on from the…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Academic Achievement
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Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
The "Associations between High School Students' Social-Emotional Competencies and Their High School and College Academic and Behavioral Outcomes in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands" study addressed the need expressed by education stakeholders in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to better understand their…
Descriptors: High School Students, Social Development, Emotional Development, Competence
Jackson, C. Kirabo; Porter, Shanette C.; Easton, John Q.; Kiguel, Sebastian – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
We estimate the longer-run effects of attending an effective high school (one that improves a combination of test scores, survey measures of socio-emotional development and behaviours in 9th grade) for students who are more versus less "educationally advantaged" (i.e., likely to attain more years of education based on 8th-grade…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Effectiveness, At Risk Students, Graduation Rate
Center for Public Education, 2020
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that schools assist students with disabilities to develop independent living skills and abilities essential to succeed in most of their life's endeavors. According to the law, each student with a disability must have an individualized education program (IEP), and the IEP must address…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Vocational Education, Individualized Education Programs, Educational Legislation
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Bowdon, Jill; Dahlke, Katie; Yang, Rui; Pan, Jingtong; Marcus, Jill; Lemieux, Camille – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2019
At least half of states administer or are developing kindergarten entry assessments. In fall 2017 the Illinois State Board of Education began requiring teachers to report data on every child's skills at kindergarten entry using the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey. State and local stakeholders have asked for more information on the…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Public Schools, Test Validity
OECD Publishing, 2016
Evidence shows that early childhood education leads to the development of cognitive, social and emotional skills at a young age as well as to better school performance later on. It also creates conditions for lifelong learning and better future professional achievement. Furthermore, efforts to ensure quality early childhood education programmes…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Benefits, Cognitive Development, Thinking Skills
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Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2019
These are the appendixes for the report "Children's Knowledge and Skills at Kindergarten Entry in Illinois: Results from the First Statewide Administration of the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey." At least half of states administer or are developing kindergarten entry assessments. In fall 2017 the Illinois State Board of…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, Public Schools, Test Validity
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
Fayles, Cason – Online Submission, 2018
This full report provides an analysis of 2017-2018 AISD student data, showing significant gaps in school perceptions and experiences of transgender and gender-nonconforming students relative to their peers, illustrating the need for additional policies and procedures to support AISD transgender and gender-nonconforming students. A separate…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Experience, Educational Environment, Student Attitudes
Farran, Dale C.; Wilson, Sandra J.; Meador, Deanna; Norvell, Jennifer; Nesbitt, Kimberly – Peabody Research Institute, 2015
The experimental evaluation of the "Tools of the Mind Pre-K Curriculum" described in this report was designed to examine the effectiveness of the "Tools of the Mind" ("Tools") curriculum for enhancing children's self-regulation skills and their academic preparation for kindergarten when compared to the usual…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Preschool Curriculum, Self Management, Academic Achievement
Kauh, Tina J. – Public/Private Ventures, 2011
This report presents findings from a two-year quasi-experimental evaluation of the "AfterZone"--a citywide system-building effort in Providence, Rhode Island, that aims to provide high-quality, accessible out-of-school-time services to middle school youth. The AfterZone model is unique in that it is built on a network of…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Middle School Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Effectiveness
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Hanson, Thomas; Dietsch, Barbara; Zheng, Hong – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2012
Character education has become one of the fastest growing reform movements in K-12 education today, partially in response to unacceptable levels of student misbehavior and inadequate endorsement of good character values (Williams 2000). Between 1993 and 2009, 36 states passed laws mandating or recommending some aspect of character education in…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Education
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Ruby, Allen; Doolittle, Emily – National Center for Education Research, 2010
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) and the Division of Violence Prevention in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collaborated to conduct a rigorous impact evaluation of programs aimed at improving students' behavior. For this evaluation, such programs were termed Social…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Student Behavior, Elementary School Students, School Activities
Vandivere, Sharon; Pitzer, Lindsay; Halle, Tamara G.; Hair, Elizabeth C. – Child Trends, 2004
Cognitive skills, engagement in school, social skills, and physical well being are all important for children's early success in school. However, some groups of children begin kindergarten less ready for school than others and, by the end of first grade, still haven't "caught up" with their more successful peers. This CrossCurrents brief reports…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Academic Achievement, Grade 1, Disadvantaged Youth
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Pollack, Judith M.; Najarian, Michelle; Rock, Donald A.; Atkins-Burnett, Sally – National Center for Education Statistics, 2005
This report documents the design, construction, and psychometric characteristics of the assessment instruments used in the spring 2004 data collection of the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998?99 (ECLS-K). The ECLS-K is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.The ECLS-K…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Construction, Child Development, Family Influence
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