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Cipriano, Christina; Taylor, Jeremy J.; Weissberg, Roger; Blyth, Dale; McKown, Clark – Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2020
Early in 2019, the National Commission Report, "From a Nation at Risk to a Nation at Hope," highlighted the urgency for new paradigms of research to practice partnerships, engaging all stakeholders in contributing to the understanding and use of data to drive social, emotional, and academic learning. Additionally, the National Commission…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Competence, Evaluation Methods
McKown, Clark – Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, 2019
Social and emotional learning (SEL) has been defined in various ways. One of the most commonly cited models, that of the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), defines SEL as "the process through which students and adults acquire and effectively apply the knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to understand…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Competence, Evaluation Methods
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Denham, Susanne A.; Ferrier, David E.; Howarth, Grace Z.; Herndon, Kristina J.; Bassett, Hideko H. – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2016
Recent years have witnessed a surge in evidence on preschoolers' emotional development as crucial for both concurrent and later well-being and mental health, and for learning and academic success. Given the importance of building such strengths, assessing emotional competence skills is important to aid early childhood educators in focusing…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Development, Emotional Adjustment
Barnett, W. Steven; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Brown, Kirsty; Squires, Jim; Horowitz, Michelle – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2016
This report explores the extent to which states (and several large cities) are positioned to provide high quality preschool education on a large scale. States and cities that are already doing so or that could do so with modest improvements offer opportunities for advocacy to advance access to high quality early education as well as for rigorous…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
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Childs, Ruth A. – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2009
Grade 3 teachers in Ontario must administer the Primary Assessment of Reading, Writing and Mathematics to their students. In this study, we analyze how four teachers framed and addressed the problem of the stress some of their students experienced when sitting the test. The teachers framed the problem in different ways: as related to students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 3, Educational Policy, Elementary School Teachers
Jones, Carroll J. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2010
Many teachers of students with mild disabilities experience difficulty writing IEPs, and they lack a foundation in the regular education curriculum of academic skills and sequences associated with each grade level. This book was designed to provide this foundation. Presented in the form of scope and sequence charts that can be used as objectives…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Speech Communication, Elementary Secondary Education, Mild Disabilities
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1992
This document summarizes presentations made at a national policy forum concerning children's transition from home and preschool to the first years of elementary school. Three presentations by individual speakers examined: (1) the strategic importance of linkages and the transition between early childhood programs and early elementary school; (2)…
Descriptors: Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Educational Policy, Family School Relationship, Parent Participation
King, Margaret A.; McMath, Joan – Day Care & Early Education, 1994
Reviews four books on issues and concerns surrounding kindergarten entrance requirements, assessment, and curriculum: (1) "Kindergarten Policies: What Is Best for Children" (Peck and others); (2) "Changing Kindergartens: Four Success Stories (Goffin and Stealing, Eds.); (3) "Teaching Kindergarten: A Developmentally Appropriate Approach" (Walmsley…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Classroom Environment, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
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Moyles, Janet – Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 1996
Compares the 1989 National Curriculum implemented in Great Britain with the National Agenda for Curriculum Reform in Australia. Reports some of the concerns about early childhood education (heavily subject-dominated curriculum and formalized assessment) the curriculum caused in Britain. Urges Australian educators to learn from Britain's experience…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform, 2002
With public demand and recent federal legislation calling for high standards and improved student performance, virtually every state in the nation has created and administered statewide tests that measure student progress over time. The requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 will result in increased use of these tests. After careful…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Federal Legislation, State Standards
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Young Children, 1991
Presents guidelines that teachers and supervisors can use to make decisions about curriculum content and assessment in programs serving young children three through eight years of age. These decisions concern appropriate curriculum content and assessment; evaluation of curriculum and assessment practices; and the advocacy of appropriate…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Guides
Godt, Pamela Terry; And Others – 1991
This document is the third volume of a three-volume set comprising a workshop leader's guide designed to help in-service providers conduct workshops on early childhood education for teachers, administrators, and others associated with Chapter 1 programs. The guide contains step-by-step procedures for preparing, organizing, and presenting a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Demonstration Programs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities
Kunesh, Linda G. – 1990
The primary purpose of this policy study was to identify and examine early intervention policies for young children at risk of academic failure in selected state education agencies (SEAs) in the North Central Region of the United States. The secondary purpose was to document the processes by which the selected states in the north central…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Comparative Analysis, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Isenberg, Joan Packer, Ed.; Jalongo, Mary Renck, Ed. – 2003
Noting that understanding the contexts, continuities, and controversies of early childhood education is especially challenging because of the diversity in the field, this book provides a critical examination of the issues and controversies surrounding early childhood practices, policies, and professional development. Following an introduction…
Descriptors: Child Care, Developmental Continuity, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Diversity (Student)