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2. Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment, Pre-K-6 ...

   eric.ed.gov/?id=ED606512

   Engaging, pragmatic, and accessible, this book is an essential text for preservice teacher candidates and a valuable resource for experienced teachers, teacher educators, administrators, and other professionals involved in teaching foundational literacy skills.

3. WIDELY USED MEASURES OF PRE-K CLASSROOM QUALITY

   files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED620286.pdf

   When pre-K accountability systems include observational quality measures, programs and teachers do show improvements on the measures over time.5 In intervention studies, too, when professional development is tied to these measures, pre-K teachers also show marked improve-ments when compared with business-as-usual practices. 6

4. Quality Teaching and Learning in Pre-K Classrooms: What ... - ed

   files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED600477.pdf

   to afordable preschool programs is a crucial issue for improving kindergarten readiness for 3- to 5-year-olds, but research shows that the quality of teaching and learning in those programs is just as essential. Across the country, states are boosting preschool policy standards and strengthening educational requirements for preschool teachers.

5. Preparing Pre-K Teachers: Policy Considerations and Strategies

   files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1357151.pdf

   The pandemic set pre-K enroll-ment and funding back further, with an enrollment decline of nearly 300,000 children and state spending remaining relatively flat.1 As children and families return to public pre-K, state policymakers must focus on investing in program expansion and strengthening quality. Those eforts should start with a pre-K ...

6. A Matter of Degrees: Preparing Teachers for the Pre-K ...

   eric.ed.gov/?id=ED540649

   This 2010 report, authored by Marisa Bueno, Linda Darling-Hammond and Danielle Gonzales, reviewed research on training for pre-k teachers and concluded that educators with at least a bachelor's degree coupled with specialized training in early childhood are best able to foster development of the cognitive, social and emotional skills children ...

7. ERIC - ED594416 - Teaching STEM in the Preschool Classroom ...

   eric.ed.gov/?id=ED594416

   This book is designed to build educators' confidence and competence so they can bring STEM to life with young children. The authors encourage pre-K teachers to discover the value of engaging preschoolers in scientific inquiry, technological explorations, engineering challenges, and math experiences based on learning trajectories.