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Investing In The Success Of The Kalamazoo Promise, Randall Eberts, Michelle Miller-Adams
Investing In The Success Of The Kalamazoo Promise, Randall Eberts, Michelle Miller-Adams
Michelle Miller-Adams
In order to strengthen the outcomes of the Kalamazoo Promise (Michigan) scholarship program, researchers developed a new management information and reporting system and a research agenda-based program. This project provided the evaluation and research infrastructure for the ongoing evaluation of the Kalamazoo Promise.
Kalamazoo County Committee For Early Childhood Education (Ready 4s) Assessment, Timothy Bartik
Kalamazoo County Committee For Early Childhood Education (Ready 4s) Assessment, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
Kalamazoo County Ready 4s will establish a baseline of kindergarten readiness among Kalamazoo County's entering kindergarten students in fall 2010 by assessing 200 children randomly selected from the public schools in Kalamazoo County. Kalamazoo County Ready 4s will also test the assessment process in fall 2010 with child care/education providers likely to participate in the Kalamazoo County Ready 4s pilot in fall 2011. Researchers will inform the community of the level of school readiness of children entering kindergarten, will convince the funders of the need for increasing children's access to high quality pre-K care/education, and will create a baseline for …