California's Transitional Kindergarten Program: Report on the First Year of Implementation. Executive Summary

Institution	American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Titel	California's Transitional Kindergarten Program: Report on the First Year of Implementation. Executive Summary
Quelle	(2014), (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Quantitative Daten; Kindergarten; School Entrance Age; School Readiness; Transitional Programs; Program Development; Program Implementation; School Districts; Multigraded Classes; Barriers; Financial Support; Report Cards; Curriculum; Faculty Development; Parent Attitudes; Program Effectiveness; School Schedules; Eligibility; Enrollment; Educational Policy; Outreach Programs; Student Promotion; Teaching Methods; Articulation (Education); Cooperative Planning; Teacher Attitudes; Preschool Teachers; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Low Income Students; English Language Learners; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Group Instruction; Teacher Student Relationship; Classroom Environment; Intellectual Disciplines; Social Development; Emotional Development; Reading Instruction; Language Arts; Mathematics Instruction; California; Classroom Assessment Scoring System + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Einschulungsalter; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Programmplanung; School district; Schulbezirk; Mehrstufenklasse; Finanzielle Förderung; Berichtszeugnis; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Elternverhalten; Schulzeiteinteilung; Eignung; Einschulung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Jobcoaching; Support of studies; Studienförderung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache; Lehrerverhalten; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Principal; Schulleiter; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Gruppenunterricht; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Klassenklima; Unterrichtsklima; Geisteswissenschaften; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Leseunterricht; Sprachkultur; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Kalifornien
Abstract	In 2010, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Kindergarten Readiness Act into law, which changed the kindergarten entry age so that children must turn 5 by September instead of December to enroll. The new grade level was put into place to promote school readiness for California's youngest learners. It also established a new grade level--transitional kindergarten (TK)--which is the first year of a two-year kindergarten experience for students born between September 2 and December 2. To address the questions and the complexities of the implementation of a statewide policy initiative, American Institutes for Research (AIR) conducted a mixed-methods study examining these issues at multiple levels of the system. Data collection strategies included surveys of district administrators (both a short-form census survey and a longer survey for a sample of districts), principals, and TK and kindergarten teachers; classroom observations; case study interviews; and parent focus groups. This executive summary highlights key findings from the study. [For the full report, "Study of California's Transitional Kindergarten Program: Report on the First Year of Implementation," see ED609102.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01