Virginia Vitiello

The goal of this study is to conduct an initial efficacy trial to test the impact of the STREAMin3 curriculum model. Many of America's youngest children attend private, center-based, early learning and care programs. The quality of these programs is often mediocre or poor. States are increasingly expanding their early childhood education (ECE) investments to improve the quality of programs serving infants and toddlers. However, much of the research advancing high-quality ECE experiences is f...

This study will explore whether and how the use of formal and informal math assessments is associated with greater child math gains. The use of assessments has expanded rapidly in recent years, driven in part by federal initiatives. However, the research basis for these assessments is limited, especially in terms of linking the use of assessments to improved student outcomes. Researchers will examine direct associations between math assessment use and student learning gains. They will also e...

This research team will examine associations between district policy, classroom processes, and early learning trajectories of low-income children during preschool and the early elementary school grades in Northern Virginia. Specifically, the researchers will examine policies, governance structures, and procedures at the federal, state, and local levels; identify patterns of educational resources in classrooms (i.e., teacher-child interactions, developmentally aligned content, and time expos...

The Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Education Sciences at the University of Virginia Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning (CASTL) trained six postdoctoral fellows via two research training rotations. The primary training rotation involved funded projects within CASTL. Among these projects were five randomized evaluation trials, quasi-experimental studies on large scale databases of state and national significance, planned comparison evaluations, natural history

The University of Miami established the Interdisciplinary Training in Education Research and Advanced Statistical Methods program to train fellows to conduct in-depth research on education issues arising in diverse, urban settings.