As participation in publicly-funded preschool programs steadily grows and pressure ramps up on states to prove that those programs are preparing low-income children for kindergarten, measuring ...

Useful new report from NAEYC outlines key considerations in implementing Kindergarten entry and other large scale assessments for young children. It’s a very thorough and informative piece and is, ...

WASHINGTON -- Growing interest in publicly funded programs for young children has drawn attention to whether and how Head Start and other early childhood programs should be asked to prove their worth.

The aim of this study was to examine in detail levels and patterns of physical activity in preschool children and the effects of gender and BMI on this activity. Two hundred and fifty-three children ...