scholarly journals Economic Disparities: SPARK Ohio and Narrowing the Kindergarten Readiness Gap

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Deric R. Kenne ◽  
Rebecca Fischbein ◽  
Thomas A. DeLuca ◽  
Jennifer A. Bryant ◽  
Kimberly Laurene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economically Disadvantaged ◽  
Early Education ◽  
Kindergarten Readiness ◽  
Parental Engagement ◽  
Assessment Literacy ◽  
Economic Disadvantage ◽  
Education Intervention ◽  
Readiness Assessment ◽  
Economic Disparities ◽  
The Relationship

The present study investigated the extent to which children of various economic backgrounds were prepared for kindergarten literacy activities, as measured by the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment-Literacy (KRA-L). The study also assessed the extent to which children’s economic disadvantagement status moderates the relationship between KRA-L scores and the level of participation in SPARK Ohio, an early education intervention focused on increasing parental engagement and advocacy. KRA-L scores for children entering kindergarten in fall 2012 were analyzed for 548 SPARK Ohio participants and 1594 comparison children. Both SPARK Ohio and comparison children identified as economically disadvantaged scored significantly lower on the KRA-L, compared to children not classified as economically disadvantaged. Economic disadvantage status may moderate the influence of participating in SPARK Ohio; children identified as economically disadvantaged scored significantly higher on the KRA-L when they participated in SPARK Ohio, compared to those that did not participate in SPARK Ohio.

Using Data to Drive Instruction: A Comparative Study of Lexia Scores to Other Reading Assessments, Attendance, Grades, and Behavior

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (04) ◽  
pp. 20318-20344
Author(s):  
Dr. Felicia Sawyer ◽  
Dr. Bobbie Little ◽  
Dr. Darlene Cantey ◽  
Principal Lionel Martin
Keyword(s):  
Kindergarten Readiness ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Independent Practice ◽  
Office Referrals ◽  
Readiness Assessment ◽  
Student Progress ◽  
Benchmark Assessment ◽  
Report Card Grades ◽  
Using Data

The purpose of this study is to analyze student progress after the frequent usage of a computerized reading program that provides phonics instruction and gives students independent practice in basic reading skills. Further, the study observes and analyzes the correlation between student progress in Lexia to progress report grades, report card grades, attendance, office referrals for poor behavior, the Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System (BAS) scores, Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) language and social scores, and the Reading Inventory scores (RI).     

scholarly journals Language Assessment Literacy and the Professional Development of Pre-Service Language Teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 243-259
Author(s):  
Frank Giraldo ◽  
Daniel Murcia Quintero
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Language Assessment ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Assessment Literacy ◽  
Teaching Programme ◽  
Assessment Design ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Language Assessment Literacy (LAL) research has focused on defining the knowledge, skills, and principles that the stakeholders involved in language assessment activities are required to master. However, there is scarce research on the relationship between LAL and the professional development of language teachers. Therefore, this exploratory action research study examined the impact of a language assessment course on pre-service teachers in a Colombian language teaching programme. Data were collected through questionnaires, interviews, teacher and researcher journals and class observations. The findings show that the course promoted theoretical, technical and operational dimensions in the language assessment design practices of the participants. In addition, it enhanced their LAL and professional development. Consequently, this study contends that the LAL course changed language assessment perceptions radically and encouraged pre-service teachers to design assessments conscientiously, a feature not explicitly stated in LAL research involving this group of stakeholders elsewhere.

Could Cultural Sustainability Improve Organisational Sustainability in Cloud Environments?

2017 ◽  
pp. 1202-1217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fawzy Soliman
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Stakeholder Involvement ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Readiness Assessment ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Cultural Sustainability ◽  
Sustainable Culture ◽  
Cloud Environments ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter provides an explorative analysis of cultural factors critical to the sustainable organisational developments within cloud environments. The chapter examines how businesses could improve their sustainability by creating sustainable cultures. The chapter debates sustainability issues such as the relationship between organizational culture and sustainable organisational developments. The chapter provides a list of key areas for creating a sustainable culture, for instance, the Change readiness assessment, Leadership and management support, Stakeholder involvement, and Education, as well as Communication. The chapter also discusses organizational culture and the close relationships between culture and sustainability. The chapter examines the relationships when creating sustainability culture and the key factors that will influence the change process.

Haitian Vodou and Migrating Voices

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-63
Author(s):  
SABINE KIM
Keyword(s):  
Economically Disadvantaged ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
The Other ◽  
Special Relationship ◽  
Sound Recording ◽  
Cultural Survival ◽  
Verbal Insults ◽  
And Migration ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

This article looks at the relationship between Haitian vodou, sound recording, and migration. I argue that Haitian vodou has a special relationship with technologies of sound, understood in Jonathan Sterne's sense of media as embodiments of social desire. There is a parallel between vodou possession and the practice of pwen (throwing verbal insults), on the one hand, and, on the other, the tape recorder's ability to manifest a person through the sound of his or her voice, making him or her present both in Haiti for the Haitian vodou congregation and in the diasporic land, thus bridging the separation across oceans and time. This transnational character underscores how Haitian vodou, which has been much maligned and often misunderstood, is an incredibly flexible and adaptive religion, necessary as a means of cultural survival for citizens of one of most economically disadvantaged nations, harshly subject to insertion in global neo-liberal labour markets.

scholarly journals Income and Area Effects on Voluntary Association Membership in Canada

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 573-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Jane Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Voluntary Association ◽  
Economic Disadvantage ◽  
Contextual Influences ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Individual Income ◽  
Modelling Techniques ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Voluntary Association Membership

Applying multi-level modelling techniques to 2003 Canadian General Social Survey and 2001 Census Profile data , this study investigates the influence of individual income, contextual poverty and income inequality on voluntary association membership in Canada. Both individual and contextual effects on membership are uncovered, in addition to a significant cross-level interaction between individual income and area level income inequality. As individual income increases so do the odds of voluntary association membership, an effect that is fairly consistent between areas. Increases in area level poverty are associated with decreases in the odds of membership. While no main effect is found for area level income inequality, cross-level interactions indicate that the relationship between individual income and membership is moderated by area income inequality. The study findings support claims about the negative social effects of individual and contextual economic disadvantage and confirms the importance of examining contextual influences on social outcomes.

Home sharing, property crime and disorder

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Roth
Keyword(s):  
Affect Regulation ◽  
Food Service ◽  
Property Crime ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Economic Disadvantage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Disorderly Conduct ◽  
Level Of Aggregation ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to test the association between home sharing, property crime and disorder. Design/methodology/approach Using a sample of Texas cities, this study examined the relationship between city-level home sharing density (number of listings per 10,000 residents) and five specific offenses (burglary, larceny, simple assault, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness) while controlling for the size of the local food service/accommodation and arts/entertainment sectors, economic disadvantage and other demographic variables. Findings The results suggest a statistically significant but very small association between home sharing and four of the five offenses. Research limitations/implications The primary limitations of this study are that it was limited to a single state and included only a few large cities. Practical implications There is clearly a need for many more studies of home sharing and crime using other samples and methods. If the association between home sharing and crimes is confirmed by future studies, that may affect regulation of home sharing and allocation of law enforcement resources. Originality/value Only a few studies have examined the relationship between home sharing and crime. The present study builds on that work using a sample from a new location, a different level of aggregation and previously unstudied crimes.

Work, Income and Human Capital: Beliefs and Knowledge of Urban Elementary Schoolchildren

1996 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-193
Author(s):  
Barbara J. Phipps
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Elementary School ◽  
School Children ◽  
Economically Disadvantaged ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Economic Success ◽  
Advanced Education ◽  
Disadvantaged Children ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
And Training

This is a descriptive study of the beliefs and knowledge that eighty 8- to 11-year-old US urban school children from low- to moderate-income households hold about the economic concepts of work, income, and human capital. A structured 15-minute, one-on-one interview was used to gather data. The researcher found that by the 3rd grade, the majority of children in the sample visualise themselves in careers often requiring advanced education and training, and even the most economically disadvantaged children are optimistic about their futures. While their reasoning about the set of economic concepts was not fully developed, it could be characterised as emerging. Although most of the children did not fully understand the relationship between human capital acquisition and economic success, many showed understanding of the work-income relationship. Curricular implications for reinforcement of these concepts at the elementary school levels is discussed.

Teacher-Child Racial/Ethnic Match and Parental Engagement With Head Start

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 2132-2174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna J. Markowitz ◽  
Daphna Bassok ◽  
Jason A. Grissom
Keyword(s):  
Head Start ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Parental Engagement ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Ethnic Match ◽  
Hispanic Families ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Parental engagement is central to Head Start’s two-generation mission. Drawing on research linking teacher-child racial/ethnic match to educational outcomes, the present study explores whether teacher-child match increases parental involvement in Head Start activities designed to support children and families. Using data from the 2006 and 2009 waves of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey, we estimate the relationship between teacher-child racial/ethnic match and parental involvement both across and within Head Start centers. Findings suggest that match enhances parental engagement and decreases student absences, particularly among Hispanic families, suggesting that family engagement may be one potential mechanism by which racial/ethnic match improves educational outcomes. Findings also have implications for policies that reduce the diversity of the Head Start workforce.

scholarly journals ‘We’re all in this together’: Commodified notions of connection, care and community in brand responses to COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1033-1037 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Sobande
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Culture ◽  
Economic Disparities ◽  
The Core ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Marketing Messages ◽  
Structural Inequalities

The current COVID-19 (coronavirus) global pandemic has resulted in a wave of advertising and marketing approaches that are based on commodified concepts of human connection, care and community in a time of crisis. At the core of many brands’ marketing messages – whether these be supermarket advertising campaigns or celebrity self-branding – is the notion that ‘we’re all in this together’. While it is true that the impact of COVID-19 has affected the lives of many people around the world, not everyone is experiencing this crisis the same way, due to structural inequalities and intersecting oppressions. What is the relationship between COVID-19, capitalism and consumer culture? Who is the ‘we’ in the messages of ‘we’re all in this together’, and how might such messages mask distinct socio-economic disparities and enable institutions to evade accountability? This article examines sub-textual meanings connected to brand responses to COVID-19 in the UK context which rely on an amorphous imagined ‘we’ – and which ultimately may aid brands’ pursuit of productivity and profit, rather than symbolising support of and concern for people.

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