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Stability in Kindergarten Assessment Scores Could Signal Academic Recovery
Anna Bryson
Richmond Times-Dispatch
February, 2023
Virginia’s kindergartners showed slight improvement on standardized assessments this fall compared to last year’s class, which could signal academic recovery from coronavirus pandemic-related learning loss.
New Free Resource Hub Provides Comprehensive Tools for Early Childhood Educators
Audrey Breen
UVA School of Education and Human Development
November 1, 2022
The new website gives educators access to resources they can use to help children develop the important skills they need to thrive.
Minding the Gap: Assessing Early Elementary Students' Development
Audrey Breen
UVA School of Education and Human Development
November, 2022
Pilot assessments seek to fill an information gap and help educators better understand the growth of students’ mathematics and social-emotional skills from first through third grades.
Kicked Out: UVA Researchers Probe Inequitable Preschool Discipline
Audrey Breen
UVA Today
September 27, 2022
When a preschool student is suspended or expelled, it can have long-lasting effects on that child’s education. UVA researchers are working on ways to address the disruptions while keeping children in class.
Education Researcher Offers 5 Tips to Smooth Children's School Transitions
Laura Hoxworth
UVA School of Education and Human Development
August 16, 2022
School transitions for young students can be tricky. UVA researchers have delved into why – and how to make things easier.
UVA Early Childhood Curriculum Will Be Made Available Statewide
Audrey Breen
UVA School of Education and Human Development
April 28, 2022
Early childhood providers in Virginia will now have access to a comprehensive birth-to-5-years-old educational curriculum, developed by researchers at the University of Virginia, that combines social smarts with academic ones.
Supporting Our Youngest Generation
Audrey Breen
UVA School of Education and Human Development
March 7, 2022
Four early childhood education scholars gathered for a webinar to discuss some of the greatest opportunities and challenges facing early childhood education in America.
Invisible Students: The Information Crisis in Early Education
Lynn Olson
FutureEd
January, 2022
This public policy report takes an in-depth look at the pandemic-related disruptions to the nation’s early learning infrastructure and examines how drastically children and early education systems have been affected. It also takes a close look at solutions, including work underway in Virginia and other states, that build stronger governance, performance, and information systems.
More News
- Implementation Evaluation of the STREAMin3 Curriculum Model - Dec 2021
- Virginia Suspends Preschoolers at a High Rate. What Is the State Doing About It? - Nov 2021
- Virginia is Changing Expectations for Child Care Providers to Put Focus on Early Education - Jun 2021
- Tough Test: The Nation's Troubled Early Learning Assessment Landscape - Mar 2021
- Research-Practice Partnerships Strengthen Early Education - Spring 2021
- Early Education is More Demanding than Ever, and Experts Have Concerns - Aug 2019
- Establishing the Building Blocks of High-Quality Early Childhood Education - Jun 2019
- Pre-School: It's Not Babysitting Anymore - Oct 2019
- Kindergarten Assessments Begin to Shape Instruction - Oct 2017
