Effectiveness
Bright Beginnings was found to have potentially positive effects on print knowledge and no discernible effects on oral language, phonological processing, and math.
Program Description
Bright Beginnings is an early childhood curriculum, based in part
on High/Scope® and Creative Curriculum®, with an additional
emphasis on literacy skills. The curriculum consists of nine
thematic units designed to enhance children’s cognitive, social,
emotional, and physical development, and each unit includes
concept maps, literacy lessons, center activities, and home
activities. Special emphasis is placed on the development of
early language and literacy skills, and parent involvement is
a key component of the program.
Research
No studies of
Bright Beginnings meet What Works Clearinghouse
(WWC) evidence standards, but one study meets WWC evidence
standards with reservations. The one study included 198 students
from 14 public preschool classrooms in Tennessee.
Based on this one study, the WWC considers the extent of
evidence for Bright Beginnings to be small for oral language,
print knowledge, phonological processing, and math. No studies
that meet WWC evidence standards with or without reservations
examined the effectiveness of Bright Beginnings in the early
reading and writing or the cognition domains.
