Early childhood education - Action Team Resources

Conn-Powers, Michael and Jessica Peters, 2008. “Assessing School Readiness in Indiana.” www.iidc.indiana.edu/styles/iidc/.../srsa-assessschoolreadinessindiana.ppt. PowerPoint presentation of findings of a kindergarten readiness survey conducted by Jessica Peters and Dr. Michael Conn-Powers, Director of the Early Childhood Center, Indiana University-Bloomington. Of 229 respondents, 185 were Indiana kindergarten teachers.

 

Santa Clara County Partnership for School Readiness, April 2008. “Does Readiness Matter? How Kindergarten Readiness Translates into Academic Success.” Data report that used non-experimental, longitudinal readiness and achievement data from San Mateo County, California, to describe just how and where kindergarten readiness matters.

 

www.gettingready.org. The 2005 School Readiness Indicators Initiative was a multi-state initiative that uses child well-being indicators to build a change agenda in states and local communities in order to improve school readiness and ensure early school success. The task of participating states was to develop a set of child outcome and systems indicators for children from birth through the fourth-grade reading test, an important red flag for children most at-risk for poor long-term outcomes, such as dropping out of school, teen pregnancy, and juvenile crime.

 

www.thrivein5boston.org. Thrive in 5, the result of a community planning process, provides a city-wide vision and 10-year plan for Boston to ensure that every child enters Kindergarten ready to succeed in school and in life.