Early Childhood Programs and Policies
IES is currently accepting applications for this research program. For your convenience, you may download the full FY 2009 Education Research RFA below.
Download the full 84.305A Education Research RFA
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Note: FY 2009 applicants that include subawards for work conducted at collaborating institutions should use this template to provide subaward budget information.
Download, view & print the form as an Excel file (164 KB).
Description of Research Program
Through its Early Childhood Programs and Policies (Early Childhood) research program, the Institute intends to contribute to improvement of school readiness skills (e.g., pre-reading, early mathematical skills, language, vocabulary, social skills) of prekindergarten children (i.e., three- to five-year-olds) by: (1) identifying early childhood curriculum, instructional practices, programs, and policies that are associated with better school readiness outcomes, as well as mediators and moderators of the relations between these interventions and child outcomes; (2) developing new early childhood curriculum, instructional practices, programs, and policies for improving school readiness; (3) evaluating fully developed early childhood curriculum, instructional practices, programs, and policies for improving school readiness through efficacy or replication trials; (4) evaluating the impact of early childhood curriculum, instructional practices, programs, and policies that are implemented at scale; and (5) developing and validating assessments for use in early childhood instructional settings.
The long-term outcome of this program will be an array of tools and strategies (e.g., assessments, instructional approaches, programs, and policies) that have been documented to be effective for improving school readiness skills for prekindergarten (three- to five-year-old) children.
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