Sentences with phrase «measured at kindergarten»

A variety of state - funded pre-K programs generally produce broad gains in participating children's learning, as measured at kindergarten entry, according to NIEER's study published this week in AERA Open.

General knowledge measured at kindergarten entrance may reflect early comprehension skills that are necessary when reading changes from a more procedural task in early grades (learning to read) to incorporating more comprehension around third through fifth grades (reading to learn).»

Not exact matches

Choi, Christine Lippard, an assistant professor of human development and family studies at Iowa State; and Shinyoung Jeon, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Oklahoma - Tulsa, analyzed data measuring inhibitory control (the ability to pay attention and control natural, but unnecessary thoughts or behaviors) and math achievement for low - income students in Head Start through kindergarten.

Likewise, 50 percent of the differences among these children in their print and phonological skills at the end of kindergarten could be predicted from these same abilities measured at the end of their pre-K year in Head Start.

In 1998 and 2010, early childhood assessors from the ECLS sat down with children at roughly 1,000 kindergartens around the county to measure students» academic skills at the start of the school year.

At present, there are no standardized measures for assessing pre - kindergarten / early elementary classrooms» contributions to child outcome that could be appropriately used in a system of accountability or professional development focused on classroom quality.

In a community sample, if the presence of early externalising behaviour assessed by currently available measures is used to designate kindergarten and first grade children in normal populations as high risk for later antisocial behaviour, the level of misclassification will be substantial.1 At least one half of the children who develop clinically important antisocial behaviour later on will not be picked up by the initial screen.

Maternal depression was measured with the abbreviated Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale at baseline, preschool, and kindergarten.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) This study investigated the relationship of the HIPPY program to mother's involvement in education at home and school, students school readiness in kindergarten, and student academic outcomes at 3rd grade.

Measures of teacher ratings included a) the Problem Behavior at School Interview used to measure externalizing behavior (the sum of the oppositional and conduct problems scales) and prosocial behavior in kindergarten (assessed by four items) and b) the 11 - item Social Problems scale of Achenbach's Teacher's Report Form.

They also exhibited poorer performance on early literacy, social, and behavioral measures both at entry into Head Start and at the end of kindergarten compared with children not in each of those subgroups.