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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Murphey, David A.; Burns, Catherine E. – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2002
A multipart assessment of kindergarten readiness was developed for the State of Vermont. The approach reflects emerging consensus around the appropriate domains of development to include in child assessments, as well as the need to assess schools' readiness for young children and their families. The approach differs from some states' approaches,…
Descriptors: Community Role, Institutional Evaluation, Learning Readiness, School Readiness
Murphey, David A. – Early Childhood Research and Practice: An Internet Journal on the Development, Care, and Education of Young Children., 2003
Discriminant validity of a measure of children's readiness for school was assessed by testing whether it distinguished between groups of children hypothesized to differ, on the basis of demographic characteristics, in their school readiness. The volunteer sample consisted of 3,370 kindergartners in Vermont public schools. Previous group care…
Descriptors: Child Care, Community Characteristics, Demography, Early Experience