Understanding kindergarten expectations and acquiring tools to support children at home were especially beneficial for families without prior preschool or structured school experience¶
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q2 i? Understanding kindergarten expectations more thoroughly and acquiring home-support tools were deemed especially beneficial for families who had not previously participated in preschool or other structured school opportunities. → Merideth 2021
Evidence¶
Merideth 2021¶
Merideth, C., Cavanaugh, B., Romas, S., Ralston, N., Arias, E., Tarasawa, B., & Waggoner, J. (2021). Family perceptions of participating in a structured summer kindergarten transition program. Early Childhood Education Journal. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/family-perceptions-of-participating-in-a-structured-summer-kindergarten-transition-program/
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Subgroup perception reported from the parent interviews: families without prior preschool or structured school experience found expectation information and home-support tools "especially beneficial." No comparative statistics are reported.
"understanding kindergarten expectations more thoroughly and acquiring tools to support their children at home were deemed especially beneficial for those families who had not previously participated in preschool or other structured school opportunities."
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Related Claims¶
- Parent Involvement Improves Early Reading — related
- Prior home visiting research indicates child-development-focused content is associated with child outcomes and sustained family participation — related
- Parents who attended APTT meetings, and multilingual-home parents, agreed more strongly that APTT and the preschool helped them prepare their child for kindergarten — related
- Parents who attended APTT, took the spring survey, or spoke multiple languages at home tended to agree more strongly that they felt a strong connection to their child's preschool — related
- Family participation in Growing Strong Learners was high and similar for EL and non-EL families: 97% attended at least one APTT meeting and 92% participated in Ready4K — related
- Kindergarten-readiness gaps between ELs and Non-ELs narrowed during the intervention year after widening during the prior year, with significant between-year differences for ATL-REG, SED, and PD — related
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Understanding kindergarten expectations and acquiring tools to support children at home were especially beneficial for families without prior preschool or structured school experience |
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Understanding kindergarten expectations and acquiring tools to support children at home were especially beneficial for families without prior preschool or structured school experience |
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2021 |
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