The 2013 Washington State Legislature enacted legislation (Revised Code of Washington [RCW] 28A.165.100) requiring additional data reporting for the Learning Assistance Program (LAP). Under the guidelines provided in the law, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) produces an annual report to the Legislature summarizing the…

The intent of this study was to determine if attendance in a good quality prekindergarten program using developmentally appropriate activities had a positive effect on kindergarten mathematics readiness skills and achievement. Participating were 80 children, 4 to 6 years old, divided into two experimental and two control groups. Standardized test…

In response to the problems of nonpromotion, a school district near Rochester, New York introduced the transition class (TC) as a placement alternative after kindergarten for students not ready for the grade one program. Follow-up evaluation investigated the effects of four treatment conditions over a six-year period. (Author)

The Number Four school is a centralized early childhood center in the Lawrence Public Schools, Nassau County, New York. Implemented in September 1982, a full-day kindergarten program was developed by staff and administration to expand and enrich the curriculum and program horizontally while maintaining the original half-day program's developmental…

The Ss were 63 first graders with reading and school readiness problems. It was found that Ss who received psycholinguistic training did not show significantly more psycholinguistic improvement than did Ss trained using traditional methods. (Author/DLS)