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Farran, Dale C.; Meador, Deanna; Christopher, Caroline; Nesbitt, Kimberly T.; Bilbrey, Laura E. – Child Development, 2017
In 2014-2015 and 2015-2016, a metropolitan school system in the southern United States embarked on a unique mission to improve the quality of its public prekindergarten programs through a partnership with a group of developmental researchers in an iterative, data-based venture. Data on 407 children in Year 1 and 433 in Year 2 (who were enrolled in…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Practices, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
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Durlak, Joseph A.; Weissberg, Roger P.; Dymnicki, Allison B.; Taylor, Rebecca D.; Schellinger, Kriston B. – Child Development, 2011
This article presents findings from a meta-analysis of 213 school-based, universal social and emotional learning (SEL) programs involving 270,034 kindergarten through high school students. Compared to controls, SEL participants demonstrated significantly improved social and emotional skills, attitudes, behavior, and academic performance that…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Emotional Development, Social Development, Control Groups