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ED444712 PS028791
Title: School Readiness: Helping Communities Get Children Ready for School and Schools Ready for Children. Child Trends Research Brief.
Author(s):Emig, Carol, Ed.
Author Affiliation: Child Trends, Inc., Washington, DC.(BBB23509)
Pages: 10
Publication Date: August 2000
Notes: This Research Brief is the executive summary of a longer Child Trends report, "Background for Community-Level Work on School Readiness: A Review of Definitions, Assessments, and Investment Strategies" (Halle, Zaslow, Zaff, and Calkins, 2000) prepared for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Sponsoring Agency: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago, IL. (BBB25107)@David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA. (BBB31498)@John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami, FL. (BBB34172)
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEFEB2001
Many communities
across the country have set for themselves the goal of enhancing
school readiness. But what does school readiness mean, and how do
communities know whether they have achieved it? This research brief
is intended to help communities invest wisely in school readiness
initiatives. It begins by summarizing recommendations from the National
Education Goals Panel (NEGP) for defining and assessing school readiness.
The brief then presents a framework for community investments based
on an ecological view of child development. This framework considers
factors related not only to the child but also to the child's family,
early childhood care and education, schools, and neighborhood. (Contains
43 references.) (EV)
Descriptors: Child Development; Child Health; *Childhood
Needs; *Community Involvement; Early Childhood Education; Early
Experience; Educational Improvement; Family School Relationship;
Learning Readiness; Preschool Children; *School Community Relationship;
*School Readiness; *Social Services
Identifiers: National Education Goals Panel; National Education
Goals 1990
