Achieving Excellence in Preschool Literacy Instruction.

Abstract

Teale, Foreword. Part I: Background. Mashburn, Evidence for Creating, Expanding, Designing, and Improving High-Quality Preschool Programs. Christie, The Scientifically Based Reading Research Approach to Early Literacy Instruction. S.L. Ramey, C.T. Ramey, Establishing a Science of Professional Development for Early Education Programs: The Knowledge Application Information Systems Theory of Professional Development. Part II: Professional Development and Teacher Support. Walpole, Meyer, Models for Coaching: Making Them Work for Preschools. Gray, Mentoring Preschool Teachers. Hamre, LoCasale-Crouch, Pianta, Formative Assessment of Classrooms: Using Classroom Observations to Improve Implementation Quality. Assel, Landry, Swank, Are Early Childhood Classrooms Preparing Children to Be School Ready?: The CIRCLE Teacher Behavior Rating Scale. Dickinson, Watson, Farran, It's in the Details: Approaches to Describing and Improving Preschool Classrooms. Part III: Optimizing Early Learning Environments. Casbergue, McGee, Bedford, Characteristics of Classroom Environments Associated with Accelerated Literacy Development. Schickedanz, Increasing Children's Learning by Getting to the Bottom of Their Confusion. Cabell, Justice, Vukelich, Strategic and Intentional Shared Storybook Reading. Purcell, Rosemary, Differentiating Instruction in the Preschool Classroom: Bridging Emergent Literacy Instruction and Developmentally Appropriate Practice. Restrepo, Dubasik, Language and Literacy Practices for English Language Learners in the Preschool Setting. Part IV: Making Data-Based Decisions. Roskos, Vukelich, Quality Counts: Design and Use of an Early Literacy Program Review Tool. Pence, Indicators and Goals of High-Quality Program Evaluation for the Preschool Classroom. Schatschneider, Petscher, Williams, How to Evaluate a Screening Process: The Vocabulary of Screening and What Educators Need to Know. Bryan, Ergul, Burstein, Curriculum-Based Measurement of Preschoolers' Early Literacy Skills.