Papers and Presentations
HighScope staff present the findings of our research efforts in many venues — academic conferences, practitioner conferences, sponsored forums — and in various print outlets. Included here is a list of recent presentations as well as links to policy briefs and working papers.
"Using Preschool Research to Facilitate Change," by Lawrence J. Schweinhart, Ph.D. Presentation at the United Way Success by 6 Conference — "Engaging Leaders: Building Bright Futures for Young Children" — Charlotte, NC, May 21, 2003.
"Making Validated Educational Models Central in Preschool Standards," by Lawrence J. Schweinhart, Ph.D., Working paper written for the National Institute for Early Childhood Research.
Policy Brief — "Preschool Assessment: A Guide to Developing a Balanced Approach," by HighScope & the National Institute for Early Childhood Research
Recent conference presentations
Malofeeva, E.V., Daniel-Echols, M., Epstein, A., & Delcamp, M. (June 2008). Assessing fidelity of implementation of the Numbers Plus Curriculum. Poster presented at the Third Annual Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Malofeeva, E.V., Daniel-Echols, M., Epstein, A., & Marshall, B. (June 2008). The efficacy of the Numbers Plus professional development for preschool teachers. Poster presented at the Third Annual Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Daniel-Echols, M. (October 2007). Applied early childhood research and evaluation: Informing public policy with real world data. Session presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Applied Sociology, Ypsilanti, MI.
Daniel-Echols, M. (September 2007). The HighScope Perry Preschool Longitudinal Study: The findings and their implications for economic development. Featured speaker at the Shakertown Roundtable, Lexington, KY.
Malofeeva, E.V., Daniel-Echols, M., & Epstein, A. (June 2007). Numbers Plus: Developing a comprehensive HighScope curriculum in early mathematics. Poster presented at the 2007 Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Research Conference, Washington, DC.
DeBruin-Parecki, A. (May 2007). Assessing young children's early literacy skills authentically and accurately. Paper presented at the Early Literacy Pre-Conference: Best Practices Strand at IRA, Toronto, Canada.
Daniel-Echols, M., & Schweinhart, L. (April 2007). Achieving Head Start effectiveness through intensive curriculum training. Presented as part of a Head Start Quality Research Consortium poster symposium entitled "Outcomes of the Head Start Quality Research Center Consortium: Randomized Studies of School Readiness Enhancements" at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Boston, MA.
DeBruin-Parecki, A. (April 2007). Assessing adults and children reading together: The adult/child interactive reading inventory. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
DeBruin-Parecki, A., & Daniel-Echols, M. (April 2007). Authentic early literacy assessment: Providing a more accurate picture of young children’s knowledge and their classroom environment. Multipaper session organized and chaired by DeBruin-Parecki (Paper 1: Assessment of early literacy skills through storybook reading presented by DeBruin-Parecki and Daniel-Echols) presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Claxton, J. (March 2007). Validating the HighScope family child care program quality assessment. Poster presentation at the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference, Grand Rapids, MI.
Daniel-Echols, M., & Schweinhart (March 2007). Achieving Head Start effectiveness though intensive curriculum training. Poster presented as part of poster symposium entitled "Outcomes of the Head Start Quality Research Center Consortium: Randomized Studies of School Readiness Enhancements" at the Society for Research in Child Development Biannual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Dowker, P. (March 2007). How the Ready School Assessment benefits school improvement and student outcomes. Three-hour session presented at the National Association of Elementary School Principals Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Dowker, P. (March 2007). Making schools ready for pre-K–3rd learners. Full-day session presented at the National Association of Elementary School Principals Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Dowker, P. (March 2007). Making schools ready for pre-K–3rd learners, Parts I and II. Workshop presented at the American Association of School Administrators National Conference, New Orleans, LA.
Malofeeva, L., & Daniel-Echols, M. (March 2007). Longitudinal follow-up 10 years later: The Michigan School Readiness Program Evaluation. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biannual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Smith, C. (March 2007). Structural predictors of point-of-service quality during out-of-school time. Paper presented the Society for Research in Child Development Biannual Meeting, Boston, MA.
DeBruin-Parecki, A. (February 2007). Once upon a time an early reading assessment became a storybook called the ELSA. Presentation at the Michigan Testing Conference, Ann Arbor, MI.
DeBruin-Parecki, A. (January 2007). Assessing adults and children reading together: The adult/child interactive reading inventory. Presentation at the Michigan Collaborative Conference, Dearborn, MI.
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