Accountability Project The National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force makes recommendations for states that are creating systems to evaluate the quality and performance of prekindergarten programs. http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room.aspx Report : The Head Start National Reporting System As A Model for Systems Aimed at Assessing and Monitoring the Performance of Preschool Programs <p>Report describes the Head Start National Reporting System as a possible model for systems aimed at assessing and monitoring the performance of preschool programs.</p> Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=31170&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Accountability Project&WT.rss_a=The Head Start National Reporting System As A Model for Systems Aimed at Assessing and Monitoring the Performance of Preschool Programs&WT.z_contenttype=Report Press Release : Task Force Issues Recommendations to Help States Assess and Improve Early Education Programs <p>Proposed accountability system designed to ensure positive outcomes for children and communities.</p> Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=30964&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Accountability Project&WT.rss_a=Task Force Issues Recommendations to Help States Assess and Improve Early Education Programs&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease Report : Taking Stock: Assessing and Improving Early Childhood Learning and Program Quality <p>A report from The National Early Childhood Accountability Task Force that details their final set of recommendations for state early childhood accountability systems, and for linking such efforts to standards-based assessment efforts in kindergarten and the primary grades.<br /></p> Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=30962&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Accountability Project&WT.rss_a=Taking Stock: Assessing and Improving Early Childhood Learning and Program Quality&WT.z_contenttype=Report Report : Assessment Considerations for Young English Language Learners Across Different Levels of Accountability <p>Report explores English Language Learner (ELL) assessment challenges and strategies utilized to date, as well as some recommendations and policy implications for the development of more comprehensive and integrated systems of assessment for ELL children.</p> Sat, 11 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=31164&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Accountability Project&WT.rss_a=Assessment Considerations for Young English Language Learners Across Different Levels of Accountability&WT.z_contenttype=Report Report : Measuring Children’s Progress from Preschool Through Third Grade <p>Report discusses the measurement of child outcomes in the context of evaluating the effectiveness of preschool programs for children. </p> Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=31158&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Accountability Project&WT.rss_a=Measuring Children’s Progress from Preschool Through Third Grade&WT.z_contenttype=Report Report : Uses of Data on Child Outcomes and Program Processes in Early Childhood Accountability Systems: Assumptions, Challenges, and Consequences <p>Paper focuses on the challenges that confront those who would establish a successful early childhood accountability system.</p> Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=31162&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Accountability Project&WT.rss_a=Uses of Data on Child Outcomes and Program Processes in Early Childhood Accountability Systems: Assumptions, Challenges, and Consequences&WT.z_contenttype=Report Report : Evaluating Early Care and Education Programs: A Review of Research Methods and Findings <p>Report presents the research designs and primary findings of several recently completed or ongoing studies of Head Start, child care, state pre-k, and other widely available ECE program types.</p> Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=31160&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Accountability Project&WT.rss_a=Evaluating Early Care and Education Programs: A Review of Research Methods and Findings&WT.z_contenttype=Report Report : K-2 Standards and Assessments: A 50-State Review <p>Overview of the state-level content standards and the mandatory statewide assessments in all 50 states for kindergarten, first grade and second grade.</p> Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=31166&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Accountability Project&WT.rss_a=K-2 Standards and Assessments: A 50-State Review&WT.z_contenttype=Report Report : Rush to Assessment: The Role Private Early Childhood Service Providers Play in Assessing Child and Program Outcomes <p>Paper describes efforts by large private non-profit and for-profit early childhood organizations to use data from assessments of children’s learning and program quality for management 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