School Readiness Of First Grade Charter School Students: An Evaluation Of An Early Childhood Program
This program evaluation studied the effectiveness of an early childhood program as it relates to school readiness. The early childhood program of a charter school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin had been operating for over thirty without an evaluation of its effectiveness. To examine the effectiveness of the early childhood program, seventy-two students were evaluated using a teacher-developed First Grade Readiness Checklist; the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Test and Success for All (SFA) Assessment. School readiness, as a multifaceted construct, included five domains: academic, behavioral, emotional, social and self-help-skills. The results of the survey indicate that the early childhood program was effective in the behavioral, emotional, socials and self-help domains. However, the early childhood program was not effective in the academic domain.
early childhood, school readiness, program evaluation, Curriculum and Instruction, Education, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, Educational Leadership, Elementary Education and Teaching, Other Education, Pre-Elementary, Early Childhood, Kindergarten Teacher Education, Teacher Education and Professional Development
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