Why Pre-K Is Critical to Closing the Achievement Gap

Autor/inn/en	Frede, Ellen; Barnett, W. Steven
Titel	Why Pre-K Is Critical to Closing the Achievement Gap
Quelle	In: Principal, 90 (2011) 5, S.8-11 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-6062
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gap; Foreign Countries; Grade Repetition; Academic Achievement; Achievement Gains; Preschool Education; Competition; Educational Quality; Educational Change; Scores; Special Education; Access to Education; Principals; Administrator Role; Bilingual Education; Professional Development; Teacher Evaluation; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Repeat a school year; Repeating; Sitzen bleiben; Sitzenbleiben; Schulleistung; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Wettkampf; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Bildungsreform; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Principal; Schulleiter; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung
Abstract	The recently released results of the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) comparison of educational achievement across 65 countries has brought renewed attention to the achievement gap and recommended changes to improve U.S. performance. The U.S. was well down in the middle of the pack for reading, math, and science while Shanghai, a Chinese city with a population equal to that of New York, was at the top of the leader board. If American schools are going to close the achievement gap and move toward the top of the international achievement comparisons, widespread access to high-quality preschool will have to be one of the reforms that schools implement. If principals take the steps outlined in this article, they will shortly find test scores rising, grade retention falling, and special education loads might even decline. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). 1615 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 800-386-2377; Tel: 703-684-3345; Fax: 800-396-2377; e-mail: naesp@naesp.org; Web site: http://www.naesp.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10