Bright Beginnings

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Evidence · 6 claims (1 for, 1 mixed, 4 against) · 8 studies (6 causal, 2 quant-synthesis), q3–q4 · 6 of 8 report an effect size · 4 claims rest on one study

Description

Bright Beginnings is a child-centered, literacy-focused preschool curriculum developed for early childhood education, comprising nine thematic units with classroom and home activities and parent involvement.

Components

Claims

• The Bright Beginnings preschool curriculum shows no discernible effects on preschool children's school readiness across oral language, print knowledge, phonological processing, and math domains [-W]
• Bright Beginnings shows no discernible effects on preschool math (domain average effect size 0.07, not statistically significant) [-W]
• Bright Beginnings shows no discernible effects on preschool oral language (domain average effect size 0.15, not statistically significant) [-W]
• Bright Beginnings shows no discernible effects on preschool phonological processing (effect size -0.08, not statistically significant) [-W]
• Bright Beginnings shows a substantively important positive effect on the TERA-3 print knowledge measure (effect size 0.32) but no discernible effect on the print knowledge domain overall [~W]
• Parent Involvement Improves Early Reading [+M]

Related Products and Programmes

• Parenting Relationship Questionnaire—Preschool Form (PRQ) involvement subscale

Key Sources

• U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse. (2013, March). Early Childhood Education intervention report: Bright Beginnings. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/InterventionReport/57

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description	Bright Beginnings is a child-centered, literacy-focused preschool curriculum developed for early childhood education, comprising nine thematic units with classroom and home activities and parent involvement.
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