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- Closing the Achievement Gap Through Expanded Access to Quality Early Education in Grades PK-3
June 17, 2010 This brief summarizes research on the benefits of PK and PK-3. It also makes specific recommendations on what the federal government can do to promote PK-3. Visit New America Foundation Early Education Initiative.
- PK-3: What Is It and How Do We Know It Works?
June 17, 2010 The Foundation for Child Development’s Advancing PreK-3rd Series No. 4 This Policy Brief describes the five components of PK-3 based on analyses of data from longitudinal and nationally representative research.
- Ladders of Learning: Fighting Fade-Out by Advancing PK-3 Alignment
June 17, 2010 This Issue Brief published by the New America Foundation Education Policy Program, argues that alignment of standards, curriculum and assessment from Prekindergarten through Third Grade can reduce fade-out and improve academic achievement.
- July/August 2005 Issue of the Harvard Education Letter Dedicated to PreK-3
June 17, 2010 Deborah Stipek writes on Early Childhood Education at a Crossroads.
- Pre-Kindergartners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Pre-kindergarten Programs
June 15, 2010 Pre-K students are expelled at a rate more than three times that of children in grades K-12, according to a primary study by Yale Child Study Center researcher Walter S. Gilliam.
- Building Strong Rungs To Build Sturdy Ladders: The Status of Preschool - 3rd Grade Systems in New Jersey
June 14, 2010 During the last ten years, New Jersey’s commitment to preschool (PK) has grown dramatically both in scope and quality.
- Summary of Selected Longitudinal Studies that Inform PK-3
June 14, 2010
- Mapping a P-3 Continuum (MAP): P-3 as the Foundation of Education Reform
June 14, 2010 Current education policy in the United States, which emphasizes high stakes testing of children, is unfair to many who do not experience an adequate education.