Early evaluation results from Newark, NJ, show that Foundations of Learning improved teachers» classroom management and productivity, reduced children's conflict with peers, and engaged students in the learning tasks of preschool.
Not exact matches
Referrals to craniofacial centers for
evaluation of deformational plagiocephaly and brachycephaly are increasing.8 This increase in deformations has been temporally linked to the Back to Sleep program advanced by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1992 that advises the avoidance of the prone sleeping position as a method of reducing the rates of sudden infant death syndrome.10,, 12,13 There is a delay in
early gross motor milestones in children forced to sleep supine but these delays seem transient and have not been linked as yet to any longer term problems.14 Children who are encouraged to sleep on their backs and develop abnormal head shapes as a
result are a different population than children who spontaneously restricted their movement in bed for one reason or another.
In other words, even when home visitation programs succeed in their goal of changing parent behaviour, these changes do not appear to produce significantly better child outcomes.21, 22 One recent exception, however, was a study of the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) model with low - income Latino families showing changes in home parenting and better third - grade math achievement.23
Earlier evaluations of HIPPY found mixed
results regarding program effectiveness.
These dates were ultimately extended,
resulting in a continuation of individual
evaluation for all certificate titles except for
Early Childhood, Generalist in Middle Childhood Education, English Language Arts, and Literacy.
EPA officials said
earlier this year that they plan to release
results of their
evaluation of the national standard this fall.
Access to state - supported
early childhood programs significantly reduces the likelihood that children will be placed in special education in the third grade, academically benefiting students and
resulting in considerable cost savings to school districts, according to new research published today in Educational
Evaluation and Policy Analysis, a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.
The
evaluation of the space experiment
results has been ongoing since
early 2010.
Along those lines, it is interesting to note that our evidence of differential effects by grade and subject is broadly similar to the
results from
evaluations of
earlier state - level school - accountability policies.
Early last year, MDRC, a respected research firm that specializes in
evaluations of social policies, released the
results of a randomized trial at the City University of New York (CUNY).
A new
evaluation of a national grant program to create smaller, more personalized high schools concludes that the initiative is yielding some promising
early results.
Early results of an
evaluation of an overhauled version of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education curriculum, or DARE, are giving its advocates new hope for the often - criticized program's future.
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When
early evaluations of the program found that children's gains in IQ were small and faded out as they aged, the
resulting uproar quelled President Richard Nixon's attempt to expand the program.
Researchers and district officials discussed the first
evaluations of the California Office to Reform Education, Read more about
Early Results in California's CORE Districts -LSB-...]
When leaders engage evaluators
early and meaningfully, the
evaluation results speak directly to the project activities and lead to changes that strengthen outcomes.
Starting
evaluation efforts
early doesn't guarantee positive
results, but it does make
evaluation more useful in the long run.
It was announced
earlier this summer that 241 teachers were fired as a
result of the DC Public School's new IMPACT
evaluation system.
In September of 2013 we recommended to the Tennessee General Assembly that they impose a delay using student test
results for Teacher
Evaluations, at least until 2016 - 2017 at the
earliest.
Early results of the controversial teacher
evaluations will be discussed in Trenton today, when the
Evaluation Pilot Advisory Committee's report is presented at the monthly state Board of Education meeting.
This report summarizes the outcomes of a discussion among a group of State and district officials, teachers and principals, and external experts in educator
evaluations and strategic communications who gathered in the District of Columbia to examine
early results from
evaluation systems in two States.
However, the
early results in states where new
evaluation systems have been in place for more than a year are not much different from the old
results, as nearly all teachers have scored in the top tiers.
Results of the CATCH
evaluation were published in the May 15 edition of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, building on the
earlier publication of the FETCH study.
(1)
Early neutral
evaluation programs facilitate settlement, and save litigants time, money and emotional stress as a
result.
Reported rates of full settlement
resulting from
early neutral
evaluation programs range from 31 % to almost 100 %, and rates of partial settlement range from 12 % to 51 %.
Consumer Reports says that it has not yet completed its «full
evaluation,» but that
early results from HomePod testing show that while it sounds «very good,» the Google Home Max and Sonos One slightly edge it out.
If
results indicate areas of concern, recommend further
evaluation to determine if the child is eligible for
early intervention services
She currently leads BUILD's
evaluation and documentation efforts conceptualizing, implementing and sharing
results to inform BUILD's
early childhood systems development work and the broader systems development field.
In another
evaluation of an
early - intervention approach, parents of 51 preschool - aged children suspected of having an ASD participated in the Hanen More Than Words program either immediately or after a delay.15 Investigators» operationalization of «suspected ASD» included identification of language delay and concerns about social behavior by a pediatrician and / or a speech and language therapist, which
resulted in inclusion of children without ASDs within the intervention and control groups.
The
evaluation of the
early effects (short - run) of SSLP found mixed effects, with beneficial effects for some groups, but adverse effects for children from families with higher needs and experiencing greater disadvantage.3
Results from the second phase of the
evaluation were more positive.
The positive
results related to reading at 5.5 years are consistent with
evaluations of Reach Out and Read, 36 — 38 a component activity of HS, and with the
Early Head Start
evaluation.31 In HS, similar findings were present at 2 to 4 months but not at 30 to 33 months, perhaps attenuated by the adoption of Reach Out and Read at some control sites during the intervention.
The size of the CfC impacts on most outcomes was small, but can be considered positive relative to what was observed in the
early phase of the UK Sure Start
evaluation.3 The current
results are also comparable in size to those found in the later impact
evaluation of the Sure Start programme, in which 3 - year - old children were exposed to mature SSLP throughout their entire lives.4 Reviews of the effectiveness of
early childhood interventions have found that most studies reported effect sizes on parenting and child outcomes that were small to moderate.14 15 When comparing CfC and SSLP with other interventions, it is important to remember that the
evaluations of these interventions measured effects on an entire population, rather than on programme participants, as is the case in the
evaluation of many other interventions.
Evaluations of sustained treatment effects for other, more - intensive,
early childhood interventions have yielded mixed
results, with variation being attributed to unevenness in both program quality and
evaluation rigor.10, 11 Less - intensive interventions, such as the Comprehensive Child Development Program, have reported no effect during or after the intervention.12 Intensive interventions with short - term effects seem to be more likely to demonstrate sustained benefits for children's cognitive and social development and parenting behaviors.11
Sustaining Comprehensive
Early Childhood Systems Building: An ECCS
Evaluation Results Brief (PDF - 494 KB) Altarum Institute (2011) Examines the successes of the
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative by conducting interviews with representatives from each of the 52 grantee organizations.
It is based on the hypothesis that inaccurate and unhelpful beliefs, ineffective coping behaviour, negative mood states, social problems, and pathophysiological processes all interact to perpetuate the illness.8 9 Treatment aims at helping patients to re-evaluate their understanding of the illness and to adopt more effective coping behaviours.7 8 9 An
early uncontrolled
evaluation of this type of treatment produced promising
results in many patients but was unacceptable to some.10 Two subsequent controlled trials found cognitive behaviour therapy to offer no benefit over non-specific management.11 12 However, the form of cognitive behaviour therapy evaluated may have been inadequate.
The presentation, «
Early Findings from the Federal Home Visiting Program
Evaluation:
Results from the MIHOPE Report to Congress,» included an overview of the characteristics of families enrolling in MIHOPE programs and summarized the characteristics of local programs in MIHOPE.
The
results of this
evaluation of the
Early Start service showed that, despite clear benefits of the program for parenting - and child - related outcomes, as described in our
earlier article, 1 there was no evidence to suggest that the program had a positive impact on a wide range of family - related outcomes, including maternal health, family functioning, family economic circumstances, and susceptibility to family stress.
The overall
results of the
Early Start
evaluation suggested that, although the program had benefits in the areas of child health, child education, parenting, child abuse and neglect, and child behaviors, there was no evidence of parallel changes in parental or family functioning.
For research support relating to ECWES
results including descriptive statistics, item analysis, or pre / post comparisons, contact Dr. Mike Abel, Director of Research and
Evaluation, at the McCormick Center for
Early Childhood Leadership,
[email protected], 847-947-5312.
As a
result of the
evaluation findings,
Early Years is taking this programme to scale across its network of 1200 members in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with support from the government and the European Union.
HFA
evaluation results from more than 20 states, including 12 randomized control trials, demonstrate positive outcomes in all six domains required by the federal Maternal Infant
Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program.
Dr. Clark has translated the
results of her research and the evidence based
evaluation and treatment protocols she has developed into community based interventions for underserved women, their infants and families including collaborating with community partners in Dane County to develop the
Early Childhood Initiative (ECI), a comprehensive home visitation program for families with infants and young children affected by poverty.
The
results of the developmental
evaluation will be used to decide if your child needs
early intervention services and / or a treatment plan.