Sentences with phrase «kindergarten entry based»

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From birth to kindergarten entry, MCHB, in partnership with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), funds states, territories, and tribal entities to develop and implement evidence - based, voluntary programs that best meet the needs of their communities.

Catherine Snow: Incorporating Rich Language in Early Education Educations Funders Researchers Initiative, November 18, 2013 «Taking on the task of improving reading skills, for all children and especially for those scoring at the bottom of the skill distribution, requires three simple things: first, we must provide all children with experiences designed to ensure a broad knowledge base and rich language before entry to kindergarten; second, we must redesign post-primary instruction to focus on discussion, analysis, critique, and synthesis; and third, we must redirect resources from testing children to assessing what is actually going on inside classrooms,» writes Professor Catherine Snow.

This year, the most popular article by far sought to provide evidence - based advice to parents who may be wondering if they should delay their child's entry into kindergarten for a year, a practice known as academic redshirting.

The results are based on students who enter charter schools in kindergarten through grade 5, the grades of entry for which we can confidently estimate effects.

In this pilot study a randomised control trial was used to examine the effects of a school - based engagement intervention on parent adherence to recommendations for children screened for social, emotional, behavioural, and adaptive problems at kindergarten entry.

Preschool attendance was coded to include children who attended preschool, prekindergarten, Head Start, or center - based care programs in the year before kindergarten entry.

This work included leading alignment studies, examining the technical adequacy of multiple preK - 3 performance - based assessments, and working with contractors to explore the empirical alignment and relative difficulty of four kindergarten entry assessments related to the standards.