Preschool
Collaborating Researchers & Educators Apply Technology to Establish Evidence-Based Practices (CREATE-EBP)
In this multiple methods, community-engaged project, we leverage advancements in technology to develop an innovative approach to accelerate testing and translation of generalizable evidence-based practices (EBPs) in education. This pilot test will look at alphabet learning.
Black Boys, Body Size, and School Suspension: Implications for school policymakers
While a substantial correlation was found between being a Black male and receiving a suspension from school, no significant correlation exists between Black boys’ Body Mass Index and suspension. This finding contrasts with the situation for non-Black students, who are more likely to face suspension if their Body Mass Index is large.
Preschool Classroom Age Composition, the Physical Literacy Environment, and Children’s Emergent Literacy Skills
How are teachers displaying items with writing on them — the physical literacy environment, an important factor shaping children’s emergent literacy skills — when students of different ages share the same preschool classroom? That’s what Crane researchers sought to find out.
PLUM: Preschoolers’ Language and Use of Media
Crane Center researchers are investigating how media use, both interactive (apps and games) and noninteractive (television and video), can affect young children’s language development.
Read Together, Grow Together
Get 8 tips for families on making the most of the time spent reading with your young child.
Kindergarten Readiness Among Children Participating in Early Start Columbus
A team from the Crane Center analyzed 2021-2022 state Kindergarten Readiness Assessment data and overall trends to examine the readiness of children participating in Early Start Columbus.
Early Childhood Learning and Children’s Literacy Skills in Kindergarten and Third Grade
This brief from Crane Center researchers, Early Childhood Learning and Children's Literacy Skills in Kindergarten and Third Grade, aimed to determine whether preschool assessments can predict how children will do on the KRA-L and Third-Grade Reading Guarantee.
Designing e-books to model real-time ideas for parents reading with their child
RIVETING RESEARCH BLOG SERIES. Early childhood researchers are using advancements in technology to support families with young children. A new study examined if e-books could effectively show parents ideas to make time reading with their child more meaningful.
Parents’ responsivity and early language development
RIVETING RESEARCH BLOG SERIES. Poverty is shown to have negative effects on young children's language development. A mediated meta-analysis of more than 6,000 preschool children examined why by looking at whether socioeconomic risks impacts parent responsivity.