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Sussman, Joshua; Melnick, Hanna; Newton, Emily; Kriener-Althen, Kerry; Draney, Karen; Mangione, Peter; Gochyyev, Perman – Learning Policy Institute, 2022
This study investigates the relationships between preschool quality and children's learning and development from fall to spring of 1 school year through the analysis of child- and program-level data from approximately 70,000 children, ranging in age from 4.5 to 5.5 years old, in 1,700 Quality Counts California (QCC) rated preschool programs, the…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Educational Quality, Child Development, Achievement Gains
Bernstein, Sara; Dang, Myley; Li, Ann; Klein, Ashley Kopack; Reid, Natalie; Blesson, Elizabeth; Cannon, Judy; Harrington, Jeff; Larson, Addison; Aikens, Nikki; Tarullo, Louisa; Malone, Lizabeth – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
Since 1997, the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) has been a major source of information on the Head Start program and the preschool children ages 3 to 5 who attend the program. As part of its management of Head Start, the federal government divides Head Start programs into 12 regions. Regions XI and XII are not based on…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Surveys, Preschool Children
Dang, Myley; Bernstein, Sara; Doran, Elizabeth; Li, Ann; Klein, Ashley Kopack; Reid, Natalie; Scott, Myah; Rakibullah, Sharika; Cannon, Judy; Harrington, Jeff; Larson, Addison; Aikens, Nikki; Tarullo, Louisa; Malone, Lizabeth – Administration for Children & Families, 2021
Since 1997, the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) has been a major source of information on the Head Start program and the preschool children ages 3 to 5 who attend the program. As part of its management of Head Start, the federal government divides Head Start programs into 12 regions. Regions XI and XII are not based on…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Surveys, Preschool Children
Jung, Kwanghee; Barnett, W. Steven – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2021
To learn about the pandemic's impacts on young children's learning and development the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) developed a parent survey regarding children's home learning activities and preschool participation during the pandemic. This report presents key lessons from the spring 2021 preschool learning activities…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Parents, Preschool Children
Bernstein, Sara; Malone, Lizabeth; Klein, Ashley Kopack; Bush, Charles; Feeney, Kathleen; Reid, Maya; Lukashanets, Serge; Aikens, Nikki – Administration for Children & Families, 2018
To date, the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) has been a major source of descriptive information on Head Start and preschool children ages 3 to 5 years old who attend the program. There are 12 regions for federal management of Head Start. FACES gathers data on Head Start programs, staff, children, and families from Regions I…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Surveys, Preschool Children
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Blackorby, Jose; Schiller, Ellen; Mallik, Sangeeta; Hebbeler, Kathleen; Huang, Tracy; Javitz, Harold; Marder, Camille; Nagle, Katherine; Shaver, Debra; Wagner, Mary; Williamson, Cyndi – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2010
Reported here are the results of analyses to describe the patterns of identification and academic and developmental outcomes for children with disabilities, conducted as part of the 2004 National Assessment of the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This report provides background context for National…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Disability Identification, Infants
Bridges, Margaret; Fuller, Bruce; Rumberger, Russell; Tran, Loan – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ1), 2004
Parents and policymakers are turning to preschools to better advance the school readiness and broader development of young children. Much remains unknown, including how preschool programs of varying quality affect diverse groups of children. This is particularly important as several California counties embark on ambitious and costly efforts to…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Access to Education, Child Development Centers, School Readiness
World Book, Inc., Chicago, IL. – 1987
A nationwide survey was conducted to determine what skills and knowledge kindergarten teachers consider important for preschoolers to have upon entering kindergarten. A sample of 400 randomly selected school districts were invited to contribute kindergarten readiness guidelines and report cards; 78 schools and school districts from the United…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Kindergarten, Language Acquisition
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. – 1972
This document is the appendix of ED 085 407. It contains six sections: (1) a summary of recommendations for a Head Start program proposed by a panel of experts at the request of the Office of Economic Opportunity in 1964; (2) Head Start Fact Sheet for Fiscal Year 1971; (3) List of Initial Explanatory Variables, 1968-69; (4) Cross Tabulations of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Child Development, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Development
Mediax Associates, Inc., Westport, CT. – 1980
The second of three volumes, this document provides a description of the coding system, the rules and the procedures followed in interpreting and classifying 4,896 statements of desired program effects on Head Start children. The statements had been identified and rated by parents, staff and teachers in Input Workshops conducted by the Head Start…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Classification, Cognitive Development
Wheeler, Gay – 1995
A study examined whether a half-day or all-day kindergarten readiness program was the more beneficial in preparing students for kindergarten. A questionnaire was drawn up after research into this domain and submitted to 45 faculty members at a child development center. The findings were found to be somewhat evenly divided between the half-day and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Full Day Half Day Schedules
Mediax Associates, Inc., Westport, CT. – 1980
The third of three volumes, this document provides (1) a reduced list of child development characteristics obtained from parents, teachers, and staff participating in Head Start Input Workshops set up to identify desirable program effects; (2) a Tabulation of Importance Ratings, showing how workshop participants valued specific statements of child…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attitudes, Classification
Bowman, Barbara T., Ed.; Donovan, M. Suzanne, Ed.; Burns, M. Susan, Ed. – 2001
To enable educators, parents, and policymakers to make sound decisions about programs for young children, the Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy was established in 1997 by the National Research Council to study a broad range of research on early learning and development and to explore the implications for the education and care of children ages…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Puma, Michael; Bell, Stephen; Cook, Ronna; Heid, Camilla; Lopez, Michael – Administration for Children & Families, 2005
The Congressionally-mandated Head Start Impact Study is being conducted across 84 nationally representative grantee/delegate agencies. Approximately 5,000 newly entering 3- and 4-year-old children applying for Head Start were randomly assigned to either a Head Start group that had access to Head Start program services or to a non-Head Start group…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Child Rearing, Parenting Styles