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The GAISE Report (pre-K–12) [ edit ] The GAISE document provides a two-dimensional framework, [ 11 ] specifying four components used in statistical problem solving (formulating questions, collecting data, analyzing data, and interpreting results) and three levels of conceptual understanding through which a student should progress (Levels A, B ...
State funding for pre-K increased by $363.6 million to a total of $5.6 billion, a 6.9% increase from 2012 to 2013. 40 states fund pre-K programs. [9] To this day one of America's larger challenges regarding Early Childhood Education is a dearth in workforce, partly due to low compensation for rigorous work.
Pre-kindergarten (also called pre-K or PK) is a voluntary classroom-based preschool program for children below the age of five in the United States, Canada, Turkey and Greece (when kindergarten starts).
The game, which was "researched and developed under the direction of preschool teachers and parents", was shipped on August 28, 1995. [2] Bill Gross, founder and chairman of Knowledge Adventure, noted that it was the company's first educational software program that "includes the full preschool curriculum". [2]
STAR Reading, STAR Early Literacy and STAR Math are standardized, computer-adaptive assessments created by Renaissance Learning, Inc., for use in K–12 education.Each is a "Tier 2" assessment of a skill (reading practice, math practice, and early literacy, respectively that can be used any number of times due to item-bank technology.
In recent years, early childhood education [4] has become a prevalent public policy issue, as funding for preschool and pre-K is debated by municipal, state, and federal lawmakers. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Governing entities are also debating the central focus of early childhood education with debate on developmental appropriate play versus strong ...
Students and parents have online access to curricula, grades, progress reports, and school news through a school wide exclusive and proprietary Digital Desk portal. As of 2013, the portal can be accessed through a portable device interface. Parents are emailed a weekly report to inform them of their children's progress and community happenings.
A preschool (sometimes spelled as pre school or pre-school), also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, play school or creche, is an educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they begin compulsory education at primary school.