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Sussman, Joshua; Melnick, Hanna; Newton, Emily; Kriener-Althen, Kerry; Draney, Karen; Mangione, Peter; Gochyyev, Perman – Learning Policy Institute, 2022
This study investigates the relationships between preschool quality and children's learning and development from fall to spring of 1 school year through the analysis of child- and program-level data from approximately 70,000 children, ranging in age from 4.5 to 5.5 years old, in 1,700 Quality Counts California (QCC) rated preschool programs, the…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Quality, Child Development, Achievement Gains
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Hurd, Noelle; Deutsch, Nancy – Future of Children, 2017
After-school programs offer young people opportunities for self-expression, exploring their talents, and forming relationships with supportive adults. That is, after-school programs promote young people's social and emotional learning (SEL) skills--whether the programs use that term or not. Despite these programs' potential, Noelle Hurd and Nancy…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, After School Programs, Educational Policy
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2017
Since the NC Pre-K (More at Four) Program began in 2001-2002, a variety of statewide evaluation studies have been conducted by the FPG Child Development Institute. These annual evaluations have included several studies of program services, classroom quality, and children's outcomes during pre-k as well as longer-term into kindergarten and third…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Outcomes of Education
American Institutes for Research, 2015
Deciding whether and how to use assessments to evaluate students' social and emotional (SE) knowledge, attitudes, and skills requires the development and critical appraisal of an assessment plan. At the state, district, and school levels, education leaders and staff can benefit from reviewing best practices and using a structured format to arrive…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
American Institutes for Research, 2015
Education in the 21st century is awakening to a call for students who are not only proficient with academic content but who also have developed the social and emotional (SE) knowledge, attitudes, and skills that are necessary for success in college and careers. This brief refers to that combination of knowledge, attitudes, and skills as SE…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
American Institutes for Research, 2015
Assessing individuals' social and emotional (SE) knowledge, attitudes, and skills is a complex task. It requires careful consideration of the assessment purpose, rigor, practicality, burden, and ethics. Once you have considered these factors and have determined that you are, in fact, "Ready to Assess," you are ready to act and choose an…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
Doll, Elizabeth J., Ed.; Cummings, Jack A., Ed. – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2007
This book provides a "roadmap" for designing and implementing school psychological services for all students in a school. School psychologists will find guidelines for conducting a mental health needs assessment of the entire student body; analyzing patterns and trends to identify risk factors and common needs; and using the needs assessment to…
Descriptors: Psychological Services, Behavior Problems, Intervention, Needs Assessment
Council for Exceptional Children, Reston, VA. Div. for Early Childhood. – 1993
This document describes a set of indicators that the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Task Force on Recommended Practices recommends for early intervention and early childhood special education (EI/ECSE) programs for infants and young children with special needs and their families. The indicators are designed to be used by professionals in…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Curriculum