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Direct linkHowes, Carollee; Burchinal, Margaret; Pianta, Robert; Bryant, Donna; Early, Diane; Clifford, Richard; Barbarin, Oscar – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2008
We examined children's growth in school-related learning and social skills over the pre-Kindergarten (pre-K) year in state-funded programs designed to prepare children for kindergarten. We expected that children's gains in academic and social skills could be attributed to variations in the structural and classroom process dimensions of program…
Descriptors: Learning Readiness, Preschool Education, Teacher Qualifications, Kindergarten
Download full textMaxwell, Kelly; Bryant, Donna; Keyes, Lynette; Bernier, Kathleen – 1997
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years and their families with the aim of ensuring that all children are healthy and prepared to succeed as they enter school. This study examined the baseline skills of a representative sample of…
Descriptors: Counties, Family Programs, Health Services, Integrated Services
Bryant, Donna; Bernier, Kathleen; Taylor, Karen; Maxwell, Kelly – 1998
Helping families access affordable, quality child care has been the primary focus for the Orange County, North Carolina Smart Start Partnership for Young Children. This study investigated the effects of Smart Start efforts on children's skills at kindergarten entry. Kindergarten teachers rated the cognitive, language and social skills of 39…
Descriptors: Day Care Centers, Day Care Effects, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives
