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Wyoming State Department of Education, 2004
The Kindergarten Readiness Survey (KRS), using data collected by kindergarten teachers across the state, was determined to be an effective way to measure the effect of preschools and childcare settings preparing students to enter the K-12 education system. This approach allows for a more valid evaluation of programs and accurate assessment of…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children
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Boyce, Glenna C.; And Others – Early Education and Development, 1993
Compared a center-based early intervention program for disabled children and the same program with a parent training-support component. Found no immediate or long-term benefits in child or family functioning for parent component participants in the first four years of follow-up. Concludes however, that parents should still be involved in…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Schweinhart, Lawrence J.; Barnett, W. Steven – 1984
Newly assembled evidence indicates that children attending South Carolina's early childhood programs are better prepared for first grade than those who do not attend kindergarten. Children who attended some type of kindergarten in 1979-80 reached higher levels of achievement by the end of first grade than children who did not attend. These levels…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development Centers, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
National Center for Clinical Infant Programs, Washington, DC. – 1987
The booklet briefly reviews and illustrates the kinds of evaluation efforts funders and policymakers may reasonably expect from providers of services to handicapped infants and their families. It outlines the aims and characteristics of (1) outcome evaluations to determine the effectiveness of service programs and (2) process evaluations to…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
National Center for Clinical Infant Programs, Washington, DC. – 1987
The booklet reviews and illustrates program evaluation methods that can be used by providers of services to handicapped infants and their families. It distinguishes between outcome evaluations to determine the effectiveness of service programs and process evaluations to describe the actual activities of service programs and their relation to…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods