Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) Shrinks Gap in Kindergarten Readiness for Economically Disadvantaged Students

Autor/inn/en	Argue, Sarah E.; Holland, Greg
Institution	Arkansas Research Center (ARC)
Titel	Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) Shrinks Gap in Kindergarten Readiness for Economically Disadvantaged Students
Quelle	(2013), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; School Readiness; Economically Disadvantaged; Poverty; Achievement Gap; Disadvantaged Youth; Early Childhood Education; Kindergarten; Knowledge Level; Language Skills; Oral Language; Written Language; Mathematics Skills; Academic Ability; Attention; Arkansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Armut; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Wissensbasis; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Geschriebene Sprache; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Aufmerksamkeit
Abstract	One important reason early childhood education contributes to the overall success of students in the K-12 system is that it helps students start kindergarten better prepared. Every kindergartener entering a public school in Arkansas is given the Qualls Early Learning Inventory (QELI). This is a developmentally appropriate assessment that observes known cognitive knowledge and classroom behaviors that are linked to success in school. It also provides a snapshot of how prepared students are entering kindergarten. The QELI has six areas of assessment: General Knowledge, Oral Communication, Written Language, Math Concepts, Work Habits, and Attentive Behaviors. Through a series of observations and questions, teachers determine if the student is Not Developed, Developing, or Developed in each of the six areas. QELI scores for 130,583 students from 2008-2012 were used in this study. This report also uses the federal school lunch program meal status as a proxy for economic status. The findings illustrate how the Arkansas Better Chance (ABC) early childhood education program reduces the kindergarten readiness gap between students from different economic circumstances. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Arkansas Research Center. University of Central Arkansas, 201 Donaghey Avenue, Conway, AR 72035. Tel: 501-852-2296; e-mail: arc@arkansas.gov; Web site: https://arc.arkansas.gov/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01