Based on Research Conducted at OSLC
This project was a researcher–practitioner partnership involving three organizations: South Lane School District (SLSD), Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC), and United Way of Lane County (UWLC). The three organizations developed a formalized partnership to help South Lane School District collect information about the early childhood education and care experiences of incoming kindergarteners.
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Project Overview
This project involved 3 organizations with a history of working together: South Lane School District (SLSD), United Way of Lane County and Oregon Social Learning Center in Lane County, Oregon. The organizations developed a formalized partnership to help SLSD to collect information about the early childhood education (ECE) and care experiences of incoming kindergartners. They also examined associations between such experiences and the children’s school readiness, and academic and social emotional adjustment across the kindergarten year. Information was also collected from local ECE and care providers on their school readiness goals, needs, and perspectives on alignment with the K-12 system. Findings from these research activities helped the district to plan future research and intervention development to further their long-term goals of better school readiness, and subsequent achievement, for all of their students.
Year Project Began: 2014Funder: Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education