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Download full textKathryn E. Gonzalez; Olivia Healy; Luke Miratrix; Terri J. Sabol – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2024
Despite considerable evidence on the links between average classroom quality and children's learning, the importance of variation in quality is not well understood. We examined whether three measures of variation in observed classroom quality over the school year -- overall variation in quality, teacher-specific trends in quality, and instability…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, School Readiness
Halyna Vatamaniuk; Iryna Hazina; Tetiana Dutkevych; Nataliia Panchuk; Inna Lebid; Olena Dutko – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2024
Early childhood education plays a pivotal role in shaping an individual's personality and serves as a preparatory stage for primary education. The curiosity sparked during this phase of life influences one's lifelong learning journey, character formation, worldview, adoption of universal values and acquisition of important life skills. This study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Children, School Readiness
Peer reviewedJamie Heng-Chieh Wu; Hope O. Akaeze; Laurie A. Van Egeren – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2024
The need for valid and reliable ways to assess developmental outcomes of preschool children becomes continually more acute as public investments in preschool education grow, with corresponding pressure for programs to demonstrate their ability to influence child outcomes. The authors conducted studies of one assessment widely used in Head Start…
Descriptors: Child Development, Preschool Children, Preschools, Preschool Education
Direct linkMacy, Marisa; Pool, Juli; Chen, Ching-I.; Rusiana, Toni-Ann; Sawyer, Mali – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2022
This study examined selected parameters of two newly developed measures called AEPS-3 Ready-Set and Ready-Set Family Assessment of Children's Skills (FACS). Ready-Set is a school readiness measure designed to gather information from teachers or other professionals on children's kindergarten school readiness skills across important developmental…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Aptitude Tests, School Readiness, Child Development
Shemesh, Miranda; Golden, Deborah – Comparative Education Review, 2022
This ethnographic study examines kindergarten teachers' perceptions and practices of "school readiness" in kindergartens in low-SES settings in northern Israel, with the aim of illuminating the ways in which global educational ideas are appropriated by teachers in their daily work. Data collection included participant observation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, School Readiness
Liang, Eva; Peters, Lacey Elizabeth; Akaba, Sanae; Lomidze, Ana; Graves, Sherryl Browne – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2022
This study examined parents' perspectives on children's learning in Pre-K, their expectations for Pre-K, and how to prepare their child(ren) for kindergarten. Researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 22 ethnically diverse parents from 8 schools in New York City. This paper presents a thematic analysis of these interviews. Findings…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Parent Attitudes, Learning
Peele, Morgan; Wolf, Sharon; Behrman, Jere R.; Aber, J. Lawrence – Child Development, 2023
This study investigated associations between kindergarten teachers' (N = 208) depressive symptoms and students' (Ghanaian nationals, N = 1490, M[subscript age] = 5.8) school-readiness skills (early literacy, early numeracy, social-emotional skills, and executive function) across 208 schools in Ghana over one school year. Teachers' depressive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Teachers, Kindergarten, Depression (Psychology)
Bernier, Annie; Lapolice-Thériault, Rose; Matte-Gagné, Célia; Cyr, Chantal – Developmental Psychology, 2023
This study tested a 5-year sequential mediation model linking paternal mind-mindedness in toddlerhood to child early academic achievement through a developmental process unfolding in the preschool years. A sample of 128 mostly White middle-class families (68 girls) living in Montreal, Canada was assessed for paternal mind-mindedness when children…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Academic Achievement, Preschool Children, Foreign Countries
Yamamoto, Noriko; Imai-Matsumura, Kyoko – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2023
Japan's Social Thinking and Academic Readiness Training (START) program Academic Readiness (AR) lesson aims to improve self-regulation, executive function, and behavior problems in kindergarten children, but the effects of the START program AR lessons in unfavorable circumstances are unclear. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Executive Function, Training, Kindergarten
Wilders, Charlotte; Wood, Elizabeth – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2023
How children experience the major transition from pre-school to compulsory schooling influences their immediate and future success and wellbeing. This complex process of change and adaptation is impacted by school readiness policy drivers, which prioritise children's performance and achievement. Pedagogic and curriculum progression shifts from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Student Promotion
Brooks, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The study explored teachers' perceptions of how district provided prekindergarten influences academic and social emotional school readiness for first grade students in a low socioeconomic school district in Southern Arkansas. Piaget's "Theory of Cognitive Development" and "Erikson's Theory of Psychosocial Development" were the…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Social Development, Emotional Development, Socioeconomic Status
Simone T. O’Bryan – Office of Assessment, Research, and Data Analysis, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2025
Prekindergarten (Pre-K) programs are designed to prepare young children for kindergarten and increase their likelihood of academic success. This research brief examined the fall 2024 kindergarten readiness rates of students who were enrolled in Pre-K programs (public and private) in Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) during the 2023-2024…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Kindergarten, School Readiness
Heather J. Nuske; Tristram Smith; Lynne Levato; Briana Bronstein; Nicole Sparapani; Consuelo Garcia; Fernanda Castellon; Hyon Soo Lee; Sarah F. Vejnoska; Samantha Hochheimer; Amber R. Fitzgerald; Jenny C. Chiappe; Amanda Dimachkie Nunnally; Jennica Li; Wendy Shih; Ashlee Brown; Michelle Cullen; Lisa M. Hund; Aubyn C. Stahmer; Suzannah Iadarola; David S. Mandell; Elizabeth McGhee Hassrick; Sheryl Kataoka; Connie Kasari – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
New school transitions can be challenging for students on the autism spectrum. No published, evidence-based interventions exist to support families and teachers of students transitioning to elementary and secondary school during this critical period. Using Community Partnered Participatory Research, we developed "Building Better Bridges…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Student Promotion, Transitional Programs, Educational Planning
Joseph, Gail; Soderberg, Janet S.; Stull, Sara; Cummings, Kevin; McCutchen, Deborah; Han, Rachel J. – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: This study explores the inter-rater reliability of WaKIDS, Washington State's kindergarten entry assessment (KEA). Specifically, we analyze (1) the extent to which teachers' assessments are in agreement with a master code, (2) how often inaccurate assessment decisions lead to misidentification of school readiness, and (3)…
Descriptors: Interrater Reliability, School Readiness, Kindergarten, Evaluation Problems
Curran, F. Chris; Little, Michael H.; Cohen-Vogel, Lora; Domina, Thurston – Educational Policy, 2020
Kindergarten readiness assessments are commonly used in schools nationwide. Prior work shows that the use of such assessments for class placement decisions has increased in recent years. This article uses the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study of 2011 to explore whether the use of readiness assessments for such purpose predicts differential…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Kindergarten, Educational Assessment, Student Placement
