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Wendy S. Wei; Dana C. McCoy; Andrea Kinghorn Busby; Emily C. Hanno; Terri J. Sabol – Grantee Submission, 2021
The neighborhood literature consistently documents associations between neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and child development. Yet, this approach may miss important heterogeneity in neighborhood resources (e.g., libraries, doctors' offices) that have important implications for children. Moreover, the mechanisms that explain the relation…
Descriptors: Neighborhoods, Socioeconomic Status, Child Development, Resources
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Ansari, Arya; Zimmermann, Kathryn; Pianta, Robert C.; Whittaker, Jessica V.; Vitiello, Virginia E.; Yang, Qingqing; Ruzek, Erik A. – American Educational Research Journal, 2023
This study examined whether pre-K benefits persist through the end of first grade and the extent to which persistence differs based on outcome domains, subsequent classroom environments, and key subgroups of children. Data from 2,351 children living in a large and diverse county in Virginia revealed that the initial benefits of pre-K for academic…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Kindergarten, Grade 1, Public Schools
Aikens, Nikki; Nguyen, Tutrang; Harding, Jessica F. – Mathematica, 2021
One widely used tool that captures the process quality of preschool classrooms, including interactions between teachers and children, is the Classroom Assessment Scoring System-Preschool (Pre-K CLASS; Pianta et al. 2008). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funded Mathematica to conduct a literature scan to search for recent studies analyzing…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Classroom Environment, Educational Quality
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Schmitt, S. A.; Duncan, R. J.; Budrevich, A.; Korucu, I. – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: The aim of the current study was to examine the extent to which the effects of preschool classroom quality on children's mathematics is moderated by executive functioning (EF) during the preschool year. The study sample included 102 children (M age = 53.57 months [SD = 5.42]; 49% male) and one of their parents recruited from 26…
Descriptors: Self Management, Educational Quality, Preschool Children, Classroom Environment
Soliday Hong, S.; Zadrozny, S.; Walker, J.; Love, E. N. G.; Osborne, J. D.; Owen, J. L.; Peisner-Feinberg, E. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2023
Georgia's Pre-K Longitudinal Study followed a statewide sample of 1,169 children who attended Georgia's Pre-K Program in 2013-14 through their 4th grade year in 2018-19. The study was conducted by researchers at the Frank Porter Graham (FPG) Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The following summary…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Grade 4
Guerrero-Rosada, Paola; Weiland, Christina; McCormick, Meghan; Hsueh, JoAnn; Sachs, Jason; Snow, Catherine; Maier, Michelle – Grantee Submission, 2021
General measures of process quality are widely used in the early childhood education (ECE) field. However, the evidence regarding associations between the most widely used process quality measure, the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS; Pianta et al., 2008), and children's school readiness gains during the preschool year is mixed. Using…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Executive Function, Vocabulary Skills, Correlation
Soliday Hong, S.; Zadrozny, S.; Walker, J.; Love, E. N. G.; Osborne, J. D.; Owen, J. L.; Peinser-Feinberg, E. – FPG Child Development Institute, 2023
The purpose of this evaluation study was to examine children's longitudinal academic and social outcomes associated with attendance in Georgia's Pre-K Program and to examine the quality of the classrooms attended. This report covers pre-k to 4th grade outcomes collected between the 2013-2014 and 2018-2019 school years as well as a sub-study…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Grade 4
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White, Lisa J.; Fernandez, Veronica A.; Greenfield, Daryl B. – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: The increase in young Latino Dual Language Learners (DLLs) attending early care and education (ECE) programs has led to a focus on assessing classroom quality for DLLs, to evaluate the quality and impact of their early educational experiences. Experts have advocated for the use of multiple classroom observation tools (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English Language Learners, Disadvantaged Youth, Preschool Education
Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen; Zadrozny, Sabrina; Kuhn, Laura; Van Manen, Karen – FPG Child Development Institute, 2019
The primary purpose of the 2017-2018 NC Pre-Kindergarten (NC Pre-K) Evaluation was to examine the effectiveness of the NC Pre-K Program using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design. The major issue addressed by this type of study is around the benefits of offering children access to enrollment in NC Pre-K. An RCT is considered the…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Programs, Preschool Children, Program Effectiveness