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Download full textDelaware State Dept. of Education, Dover. Assessment and Accountability Branch. – 2003
With the administration of the 2002 Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP), a questionnaire was given to students in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 about Opportunity to Learn, Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, and to all students in grades 4, 6, 8, and 11 about Opportunity to Learn, Science, and Social Studies. Students responses to the questions were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Questionnaires
Xiang, Zongping; Schweinhart, Lawrence J. – 2001
The Michigan School Readiness Program (MSRP), a state-initiated and state-funded preschool program, serves more than 20,000 four-year-olds identified as being at risk for school failure each year. A longitudinal evaluation followed 2 cohorts selected from 7 sites from kindergarten through Grade 3 for Cohort 1 and through Grade 2 for Cohort 2. Each…
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Grade Repetition
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 1989
Information about Georgia's Special Instructional Assistance Program (SIA) is presented. The program is designed to serve children in kindergarten through grade five who are functioning below the normal expectations for their age range, usually as a result of deficient language and cognitive development. The vast majority of SIA teaching and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Elementary Education
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Information/Dissemination. – 1975
This report describes the second year activities and progress of California's plan for Early Childhood Education (ECE), which in 1974-1975 included more than 1,300 schools and 22 percent of the state's children in kindergarten through third grade. Topics covered are (1) An overview of ECE; (2) Why ECE works, including parent participation, parent…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students, Individualized Instruction
Wilson, Bev; Abbott, Martin L.; Joireman, Jeff; Stroh, Heather R. – 2002
This study examined how constructivist teaching and the organization of the learning environment relate to student achievement. The researchers used structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the relationships among school and teaching attributes and student achievement in reading, writing, and mathematics as measured by the Washington…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Environment, Elementary School Students
Assets for Colorado Youth, Denver. – 2002
Developmental assets are a research-based list of 40 essential building blocks of healthy youth development and comprise the relationships, experiences, and values that youth need to grow up caring, confident, and responsible. This kit is a resource designed for elementary schools and organizations working with youth and parents to help them…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Multilingual Materials
Franklin County Board of Education, Frankfort, KY. – 1991
This publication discusses the nongraded primary education block mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to take effect during the 1992-93 school year. In particular, the publication considers the framework for the implementation of the nongraded program in a central Kentucky cluster of school districts. An overview of the history of public…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Improvement, Elementary School Students, Holistic Approach
