School Readiness Of First Grade Charter School Students: An Evaluation Of An Early Childhood Program

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Hendricks-Williams, Dr Shandowlyon L

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Mary Ann Kahl, Dissertation Committee Chair
• Dr. Valerie Schmiitz, Dissertation Committee Member
• Dr. Shannon Hart, Dissertation Committee Member

• 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

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/157

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1162