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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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Roach, Andrew T.; McGrath, Dawn; Wixson, Corinne; Talapatra, Devadrita – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2010
This article describes an alignment study conducted to evaluate the alignment between Indiana's Kindergarten content standards and items on the Indiana Standards Tool for Alternate Reporting. Alignment is the extent to which standards and assessments are in agreement, working together to guide educators' efforts to support children's learning and…
Descriptors: State Standards, Young Children, Rating Scales, Geographic Regions
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Mashburn, Andrew J.; Henry, Gary T. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2004
As a part of efforts to evaluate and monitor the increasing public investment in early childhood education, teachers are being asked to assess children's school readiness. In this study, preschool teachers and kindergarten teachers rated children's skills in three areas (kindergarten readiness, academic skills, and communication skills), and these…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten