Getting Schools Ready for Children:
The Other Side of the Readiness Goal

Selected Reading List


Bredekamp, S. and T. Rosengrant, Eds. Reaching Potentials: Appropriate Curriculum and Assessment for Young Children, Volume 1, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC, 1992.

Buka, S. and F. Earls "Early Determinants of Delinquency and Violence," Health Affairs, Volume 12 (Winter, 1994), 46-64.

Caring Communities: Supporting Young Children and Families, The Report of the National Task Force on School Readiness, National Association of State Boards of Education, Alexandria, Virginia, 1991.

Cowles, M. Quality Early Childhood Education in the South, Commission on Elementary Schools, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Decatur, Georgia, 1989.

Early Childhood Education and the Elementary School Principal: Standards for Quality Programs for Young Children, National Association of Elementary School Principals, Washington, D.C., 1990.

Early Learning and Early Identification Follow-Up Study: Transition from the Early to the Later Childhood Grades, 1990-1993, District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, D.C., 1994.

Kids Count Data Book, 1994, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland, 1994.

Love, J.M. and M.E. Logue Transitions to Kindergarten in American Schools, Final Report of the National Transition Study, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C., 1992.

Moore, E. Increasing Parental Involvement as a Means of Improving Our Nation's Schools, National Black Child Development Institute, Inc., Washington, D.C., 1990.

Readiness for School: The Early Childhood Challenge, Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, Georgia, 1992.

Review of Research on Achieving the Nation's Readiness Goal, Office of Research, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C., 1993.

Shepard, L. and M. Smith "Escalating Academic Demands in Kindergarten: Counterproductive Policies," Elementary School Journal, 89 (1988), 135-145.

Shepard, L. and M. Smith, Eds. Flunking Grades: Research and Policies on Retention, The Falmer Press, Philadelphia, 1989.

Slavin, R.E., N.L. Karweit, and B.A. Wasik "Preventing Early School Failure: What Works?" Educational Leadership, 50 (December 1992/January 1993), 10-18.

Stipek, D. and L. Rosenblatt "Making Parents Your Allies," Young Children, 49 (March, 1994), 4-9.


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