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Download full textImmroth, Barbara; Ash-Geisler, Viki – 1995
The U.S. National Education Goals were enacted into federal law in 1994 as the "Goals 2000: Educate America Act." The Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Texas at Austin is addressing the first of these goals, which states that by the year 2000 all children will enter school ready to learn. This paper…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Language Usage, Learning Readiness
Brenner, Anton; Scott, Leland H. – 1971
This paper is an empirical statistical analysis and interpretation of data relating to school readiness previously examined and reported on a theoretical basis. A total of 118 white, middle class children from six consecutive kindergarten groups in Dearborn, Michigan were tested with seven instruments, evaluated in terms of achievement, ability,…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Learning Readiness, Maturity Tests, Middle Class
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs. – 1996
"Reaching the Goals" is a series of eight books designed to inform people involved in education reform, or people who want to be involved, of the myriad of programs and resources that are available from the Federal Government to support each of the National Education Goals defined in 1990. This first book is dedicated to Goal 1,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cognitive Development, Educational Objectives, Emotional Development
Gunther, Phyllis E. – 1976
This report describes an after school pre-kindergarten program which sought to upgrade the reading and math readiness, and develop English-as-a-second-language skills for 45 pre-kindergarten neighborhood children. Pupils were selected for the program on the basis of family background information and pupils' inability to speak English because of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Blacks, Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language)
Portsmouth School Dept., RI. – 1977
The fourth of eight related documents, this monograph describes the prekindergarten identification and readiness phase of the Reading Instruction and Pupil Personnel Services (RIPPS) program. The document describes the four major components of this phase: (1) a comprehensive registration, (2) parent information presentation, (3) health screening,…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Family Environment, Learning Readiness, Motor Development
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 2003
As part of efforts to improve services for children from birth to age five, the Maryland Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families charged the State Department of Education with identifying and implementing, by school year 2000-01, an early childhood assessment system that would provide baseline information on children entering…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Comparative Analysis, Counties
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 2002
As part of its efforts to improve services for children, birth to age five, the Maryland Joint Committee on Children, Youth, and Families charged the State Department of Education with identifying and implementing, by school year 2000-01, an early childhood assessment system that provides baseline information on children entering kindergarten.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Childrens Art, Comparative Analysis
