Researchers at MDRC, University of Michigan and the Harvard Graduate School of Education worked with Boston Public Schools to better understand the extent to which content-rich and cognitively demanding instruction leads to gains in children’s language and math skills, and to create more reliable measures...
A recent Early Learning Network study led by researchers at Ohio State University found that instructional practices in prekindergarten (pre-K) were starkly different from those in kindergarten through third grade, and that kindergarten appears to be highly academic for about two-thirds of classrooms. Findings also...
Findings from a recent Early Learning Network study strengthen the case for better measurement in early childhood education in order to more accurately capture the classroom features and practices that improve outcomes for children....
In a special issue of Early Childhood Research Quarterly, the Early Learning Network’s six research and assessment teams examine practices and policies related to alignment in early childhood education....
The Early Learning Network is in its third year of developing the classroom observation system known as OLOS, or Optimizing Learning Opportunities for Students. Find out how OLOS works, why it matters, what we're learning and the latest updates on the development process....