Across the United States, young children are suspended and expelled from child care programs at a higher rate than elementary and secondary school children. The Arkansas Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education (AR DCCECE) is implementing a set of policies and initiatives intended to reduce the use of exclusionary practices and promote overall […]
Early childhood learning and development
Enhancement of a K-3 Formative Assessment
SRI worked with two research partners and a 10-state consortium to enhance and implement a developmentally appropriate K–3 formative assessment to fit within and inform everyday classroom instruction.
Policy & Program Studies: Kindergarten Entry Assessment Case Studies
SRI conducted and prepared, Case Studies of the Early Implementation of Kindergarten Entry Assessments, to document the processes, accomplishments, challenges, and solutions of the four states and to share what they have learned with federal and state policymakers
RISE Home Visiting Evaluation
SRI Education evaluated a coaching, support and technical assistance model to gather information on what it takes to support home visiting programs and staff so they can provide the most effective services possible to children and families.
Scaling Up Implementation of Pyramid Model in Preschool and Kindergarten Classrooms
Summary SRI Education is conducting an evaluation of the Pyramid Model (PM). The PM is a three-tiered framework that provides evidence-based guidance to early childhood educators on effective behavior support and instructional practices to promote social-emotional competence and reduce challenging behaviors of children with and without disabilities in preschool and kindergarten classrooms. The 5-year study […]
Evaluation of the Florida Master Teacher Initiative
SRI examined the initiative’s impact on improving academic outcomes for more than 10,000 high-need children.
Evaluation of the Midwest Expansion of the Child-Parent Center Education Program
Funded by an Investing in Innovation (i3) validation grant from the U.S. Department of Education, SRI conducted an independent evaluation of the Midwest Expansion of the Child-Parent Center (CPC) Program using a quasi-experimental design.
Innovations in Early Mathematics Professional Development
Innovative professional development program produces impacts on preK to third grade teachers’ confidence, knowledge, and practice with sustained outcomes. In partnership with the Erikson Institute Early Math Collaborative, SRI evaluated the impact of teachers’ participation in a 2-year professional development (PD) intervention to improve teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, and instructional practice in math across prekindergarten (preK) to […]
Model Demonstration Coordination Center
Providing technical assistance through the Model Demonstration Coordination Center to implement innovative approaches to addressing challenges in serving children and youth with disabilities. Over 10 years, SRI provided technical assistance through the Model Demonstration Coordination Center to grantees funded by the U.S. Office of Special Education Programs to implement innovative approaches to addressing challenges in […]
ENHANCE: Studying the Quality of Child Outcomes Data
ENHANCE consisted of four studies that examined the quality of the data that was collected through the Child Outcomes Summary (COS) process.
Early Childhood Outcomes (ECO) Center
The ECO Center assisted state agencies in building measurement systems for programs serving infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with disabilities and their families. The center provided technical assistance to support states in developing high-quality child and family outcome measurement systems.
