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Early Learning News, Research, and Partnerships

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  • Evaluation Synopsis of the West Virginia Early Learning Longitudinal Study (2021)
  • National Institute Partners with West Virginia to Gauge Quality of State’s Early Learning Programming
  • Study Seeks to Help States Become More Effective at Implementing Pre-K and Other Programs for Young Children
  • Initiatives from Preschool to Third Grade: A policymaker’s guide (ECS, 2018)
  • Connecting the Steps: State Strategies to Ease the Transition from Pre-K to Kindergarten (July 2017)
  • A Tale of Two Pre-K Leaders: How State Policies for Center Directors and Principals Leading Pre-K Programs Differ, and Why They Shouldn’t
  • K-3 Policymakers’ Guide to Action: Learning from the Education Commission of the States (2017)
  • NIEER 2017 State of Pre-K Yearbook (NIEER, 2018)
  • Crawling to Walking: Ranking States on Birth–3rd Grade Policies that Support Strong Readers (New America Foundation, 2016)
  • Road to High-Quality Early Learning: Lessons from the States (Learning Policy Institute, 2016)
  • Credentialing in the Early Care and Education Field (US Department of Education, 2016)
  • 50-State Comparison: K-3 Quality (Education Commission of the States, 2016)
  • A Look at the West Virginia Pre-K Early Learning Standards Framework Professional Development System: Serving Early Childhood Educators, Administrators and Families (p.10)
  • Informing Teaching and Assessment for Educators, Families, and Administrators: A look at the WV Pre-K Child Assessment System (p. 6)
  • Transitions and Alignment From Preschool to Kindergarten
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  • Stepping up for Early Childhood Education (NASBE, 2018)
  • Full-Day Kindergarten: A look across the states (2016)
  • K-3 Policymakers’ Guide to Action (2016)
  • K-3 Policymakers’ Guide to Action Presentations (2016)
  • Technical Report: Kindergarten Early Learning Scale (2014)
  • Pre-Kindergarten participation rates in West Virginia (2012)
  • Pre-Kindergarten Collaborations in the Four REL Appalachia States, Regional Education Lab Report (2011)
  • NIEER – Providing Preschool Education for All 4-Year-Olds: Lessons from Six State Journeys (2009)
  • West Virginia’s Progress Toward Universal Pre-Kindergarten (2009)
  • The Effects of West Virginia’s Early Education Program on Young Children’s School Readiness (2005)
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  • WV Early Childhood Advisory Council
  • WV Head Start Association
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  • National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)
  • U.S. Department of Education – Office of Early Learning
  • Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO)
  • Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center (ARCC)
  • The Education Alliance
  • Imagine West Virginia – Right and Smart
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children
  • West Virginia Association for Young Children

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W. Clayton Burch
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Miller L. Hall
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