Classroom-level quality measures are widely used in early education settings but may mask
important variation in learning experiences across children in the same classroom. This …

The concept of educational organizational climate relates to the relational, social,
psychological, affective, intellectual, cultural and moral environment that characterizes …

This study uses implementation fidelity data from PreK to 1 st grade in the Boston Public
Schools (BPS) to identify profiles of instructional alignment and examine whether stronger …

Self-regulatory skills are increasingly recognized as critical early education goals, but few
efforts have been made to identify all the features of the classroom that actually promote …

This study tested the hypothesis that high‐quality kindergarten teachers sustain and amplify
the skill development of children who participated in North Carolina's NC Pre‐K program …

In this preregistered study, we used latent change score models to address two research
aims:(1) whether preschool‐aged children's language gains, over a year of early childhood …

This study examined the literacy trajectories of 185 Head Start-eligible Black children from
preschool to first grade enrolled in a high-quality early learning program physically …

Preschool effectiveness research consistently documents “fadeout” or “convergence”
wherein initial preschool gains dissipate when students enter school. Most fadeout occurs in …

This phenomenological qualitative study explores how public school pre-kindergarten
teachers in Florida perceive their principals' understanding of early learning standards and …

The problem addressed in this study was that many urban minority students in a Midwestern
state begin school without the requisite emergent literacy skills. The purpose of this …