Boston Public Schools Early Childhood Studies

Project Director: Nancy Marshall, Ed.D., Joanne Roberts,Ph.D., and Wendy Wagner Robeson, Ed.D.

Funder: Boston Public Schools, City of Boston, MA

In 2006, the Boston Public Schools Department of Early Childhood commissioned a needs assessment of current kindergarten (K2) and preschool (K1) programs [1] to inform the BPS Department of Early Childhood about professional development needs to improve the quality of existing K1 and K2 programs, and [2] to inform the Department of additional classroom resources necessary to expand the K1 program to provide universal access for Boston 4 year olds to accredited, full day programs. In 2007, BPS commissioned two studies: [1] a study of children’s language growth and development over their K1 or K2 year in school; [2] a study of classroom practices in K1 and K2 classrooms.

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