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Pre-K Education

Pre-K Education


Our current and recent projects and partners in Pre-K education include:
Columbia University

We are working with Columbia University on the evaluation of their ExCELL (Exceptional Coaching for Early Language and Literacy) project, which is designed to train Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers in research-based strategies to develop English Learners' school readiness in language and literacy. The project includes development and pilot testing of an intervention, followed by a randomized control trial. This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Education.
Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13
 
We have worked with Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13 and the Pennsylvania Department of Education on the Keystones to Opportunity (KtO) project, a $200 million initiative designed to improve literacy learning outcomes and increase reading achievement among students in danger of academic failure from birth through grade 12. Other projects we have evaluated for IU 13 include an Early Reading First project, which was designed to improve the literacy skills of young children.
 
Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy

We have worked with the Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy at Penn State University on an evaluation of family learning centers operated by the Literacy Volunteers of America with funding from Verizon, an evaluation of the Queens Borough (New York) Public Library's video teleconferencing program, and an evaluation of Pennsylvania's statewide Educational Quality for Family Literacy Initiative.

Temple University

We have worked with Temple University on the evaluation of their Coaching for Early Language and Literacy – Enhanced (ExCELL-E) project, which was designed to help Pre-K, K and 1st grade teachers employ high-quality teaching strategies that result in improved child language and literacy outcomes. ExCELL-E was funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo

We have worked with the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo on an evaluation of Read to Succeed Buffalo (RTSB), an organization dedicated to increasing early childhood literacy and third grade reading scores in the Buffalo (New York) area.

Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy

We have worked with the Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy at Penn State on several analyses using Pennsylvania's statewide family literacy database, including studies of family participation and literacy gains.
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