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Karyn A. Allee; M. H. Clark; Haiyan Bai; Sherron Killingsworth Roberts – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Early Childhood Education (ECE) programs provide skills needed for successful kindergarten strides, especially for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds. While Florida's Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK) program currently serves most four-year-olds, some educators have questioned the program's quality. The purpose of this study was to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
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Xumei Fan; Leigh Kale D'Amico; Janice Kilburn; Alexis Jones; Chelsea Richard; Lauren Zollars; Sommer Garrett; D'Arion Johnston – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2024
Based on the intersection of different systems at school entry, children and families often experience uncertainty about their preparedness and impending shift from other early childhood settings. This study used a mixed-methods explanatory sequential design and investigated the perspectives of parents and caregivers on kindergarten readiness with…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Kindergarten, Parents, Caregiver Attitudes
Stacy B. Ehrlich Loewe; Cristina Carrazza; Sarah Kabourek; Molly F. Gordon; Marc W. Hernandez – NORC at the University of Chicago, 2024
Tempe PRE was designed as a high-quality preschool program to create more opportunity for children in Tempe. In the 2021-2022 school year, NORC at the University of Chicago conducted an evaluation of Tempe PRE to understand how the program was being implemented and its effects on children and families. They also collected students' outcome data…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Federal Aid, Educational Quality, Program Evaluation