Meghan McCormick

The main objective of this project is to provide a more nuanced understanding of associations between school characteristics, classroom processes, and students' language, academic, executive function, and social skills between prekindergarten and grade 1 (PK-1). The first aim focuses on the associations between school characteristics (i.e., academic performance, strain, and organization of resources) and students' early learning. The second aim explores the degree to which school characteris...

Researchers investigated whether experience with the INSIGHTS into Children's Temperament intervention in kindergarten and first grade has continued benefits for students when they are in middle school. INSIGHTS helps students, parents and teachers understand how temperament influences behavior and learning in school. In 2008, IES supported an efficacy trial of INSIGHTS with 22 high poverty urban elementary schools randomly assigned to INSIGHTS or an attention control condition (supplemental...