Early childhood learning and development
For over three decades, the SRI Education early learning and development team has been working to improve the lives of young children and their families.
We do this through conducting rigorous research and evaluation, providing technical assistance grounded in client needs and facilitating actionable strategic planning informed by our expertise. Our team is driven by an understanding of the importance of the early years and a passion to ensure all young children have the opportunity to thrive in school and in life. We strive to identify solutions to the challenges of inequitable opportunities and outcomes.
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Early Childhood Classroom Observation (ECCO) Study
SRI Education is conducting a study to better understand how video recordings can support measurement of high-quality instruction in preschool classrooms.
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SRI Early Childhood State Systems Building Webinar Series
The Early Childhood Learning & Development team at SRI Education held a four-part Early Childhood State Systems Building Webinar Series.
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Child Find ACCESS
For the Child Find ACCESS project, SRI Education is implementing a community-based, tailored approach to improving child find systems.
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National Effectiveness Study of First Step to Success
SRI conducted a large-scale study of the effectiveness of an early intervention program intended to help young children at risk for developing antisocial or aggressive behaviors.
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Preschool Development Grants Birth-5 Technical Assistance (PDG B-5 TA) Center
The PDG B-5 TA Center delivers technical assistance to support states in building, enhancing, and expanding birth through age 5 mixed delivery systems and high-quality early childhood programs and services.
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Ready to Learn Initiative
The Ready To Learn Initiative is producing and distributing children’s digital media content—videos, games, apps, and hands-on activities—to improve the literacy, math, and science skills of economically disadvantaged children.
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SRI Education awarded contract from Office of Child Care to operate the National Technical Assistance Center for Preschool Development Grants Birth Through Five
SRI International has been awarded a contract from the Office of Child Care (OCC) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, to operate the National Technical Assistance Center for Preschool Development Grants Birth Through Five (NCPDG B-5). The new technical assistance (TA) center will support the work…
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Nevada Ready! B-3 Alignment
In 2020, SRI engaged Nevada stakeholders in an iterative process to promote alignment across standards areas, resulting in standards revisions, adoption of new standards, and next steps for further standards development.
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Virginia Preschool Initiative-Plus (VPI+)
SRI Education designed and launched a 4-year comprehensive evaluation of the implementation and impact of Virginia’s state preschool program called the Virginia Preschool Initiative Plus.
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Overcoming the early childhood suspension & expulsion problem
Curbing the problem starts with changing the early childhood program approach.
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Helping parents effectively support their child’s science learning with educational media
We explored whether educational science content delivered via educational media, combined with hands-on activities and guidance, would result in gains in children’s understanding of science and engineering.
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New Study from EDC and SRI International Demonstrates Positive Effects of PBS KIDS Digital Media on Young Children’s Science and Engineering Learning
The study’s goal was to understand the extent to which providing access to media resources focused on critical science and engineering concepts can help children living in low-income households learn.