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What Is in a Definition? The How and When of Special Education Subgroup Analysis in Preschool Evaluations

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Shapiro, Anna; Weiland, Christina – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2019

There are unique challenges to estimating causal effects of preschool for students with special needs that have not received attention in the literature. We revisit the Head Start Impact Study (HSIS) to illustrate that when and how special needs is defined has implications for the internal validity of and interpretation of special needs subgroup…

Descriptors: Definitions, Special Education, Preschools, Preschool Children

Instruction to Help Young Children Develop Language and Literacy Skills: The Roles of Program Design and Instructional Guidance

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Gunn, Barbara; Vadasy, Patricia; Smolkowski, Keith – NHSA Dialog, 2011

This article discusses the kinds of instructional activities that young children need to develop basic language and literacy skills based on recent research and program evaluations. This includes approaches to develop alphabetic understanding, phonological awareness, vocabulary, and oral language. Activities and materials from the Pre-kindergarten…

Descriptors: Program Design, Oral Language, Phonological Awareness, Young Children

The Federal Program to Strengthen Developing Institutions of Higher Education Lacks Direction. Report to the Congress by the Comptroller General of the United States.

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Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979

The Strengthening Developing Institutions of Higher Education Program--under Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965--is evaluated. The program is intended to assist institutions struggling for survival and isolated from the main currents of academic life. More than 800 institutions had participated in this Office of Education (OE) program…

Descriptors: Black Colleges, Change Strategies, Developing Institutions, Educational Improvement