Preschool Teachers Can Use a Media-Rich Curriculum  to Prepare Low-Income Children for School Success:  Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial (Summative Evaluation of the Ready to Learn Initiative)

By SRI International (William R. Penuel, Lawrence P. Gallagher, and Carlin Llorente) and EDC (Shelley Pasnik, Lauren Bates, Eve Townsend, and Naomi Hupert)

The Ready to Learn Initiative is a program to develop educational television programming, online games, and outreach activities that increase school readiness for 2- to 8-year-old children living in low-income households. This study reports that preschool teachers who implement a curriculum that integrates video content with teacher-led activities can improve their students’ early literacy skills. Given training and support in classroom activities to reinforce the skills presented in the videos, the teachers were able to conduct the curriculum successfully and help their students learn.

Contact Info: Shelley Pasnik (2128074200 x4255)

Project Website: Ready to Learn Summative Evaluation

Published by: Education Development Center, Inc.

Download a copy of Preschool Teachers Can Use a Media-Rich Curriculum to Prepare Low-Income Children for School Success: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial (Summative Evaluation of the Ready to Learn Initiative) (PDF, 2.56 MB): http://www.cct.edc.org/rtl/pdf/RTLEvalReport.pdf

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Download a copy of the executive summary of Preschool Teachers Can Use a Media-Rich Curriculum to Prepare Low-Income Children for School Success: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial (Summative Evaluation of the Ready to Learn Initiative) (PDF, 254 KB): http://www.cct.edc.org/rtl/pdf/RTLExecSummary.pdf

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