# School Readiness and the Transition to Kindergarten in the Era of Accountability

[Robert C. Pianta, Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=1102&Name=Robert+Pianta,Ph.D.), [Martha J. Cox, Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=2033&Name=Martha+Cox,Ph.D.), [Kyle L. Snow, Ph.D.](https://products.brookespublishing.com/cw_Contributorinfo.aspx?ContribID=2232&Name=Kyle+Snow,Ph.D.)

Early Childhood

More than 30 highly respected experts contribute cutting–edge information to give readers a comprehensive look at early education and kindergarten transition.

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| 68905 | 978-1-55766-890-5 |
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| 2007 | 392 |
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The follow-up to Pianta & Cox's groundbreaking _The Transition to Kindergarten_, this book updates readers on what's happened in early childhood education in the past seven years; clarifies influential changes in demographics, policies, and practices; and describes promising early education programs and policies.

More than 30 highly respected experts give readers the latest information on the most important topics surrounding early childhood education and kindergarten transition. Armed with this knowledge, administrators, program directors, and researchers will

- make the most of learning opportunities in early childhood classrooms
- build stronger connections between early childhood and elementary education programs
- work to close racial and ethnic gaps in school readiness
- understand health, emotion regulation, neurological development, and other
- factors that affect school readiness and academic success
- address the challenges faced by English language learners

A necessary resource for anyone with a role in shaping early education, this book will help readers develop programs that answer the demands of our high-pressure era of accountability—and start the youngest students on the road to school success.

## Reviews

: The School Administrator 
bad review...

: International Journal of Social Welfare 
"A sophisticated primer on early childhood education."

Patricia Horsch, Clinical Associate Professor, Erikson Institute, Chicago, Illinois 
"I am very impressed with the topics covered and the relevancy of the material to everyday situations. [I] will use it in our work with schools and principals [to] focus on school readiness and transitions."

Naomi Karp, Early Childhood Education Consultant; former director of the National Institute on Early Childhood Development and Education, U.S. Department of Education 
"I cannot tell you how much early childhood education researchers, policy makers, and educators need a resource like this. Having all this information available in one place is incredibly helpful . . . Each chapter is a clarion call to the nation and should make every concerned citizen think long and hard about how we support our nation's youngest, most vulnerable citizens."

Jane Knitzer, Director, National Center for Children in Poverty, and Clinical Professor of Public Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University 
"A thoughtful, grounded-in-reality collection of articles that sets forth the next generation of research, practice and policy challenges to make early learning all it can be."

Kathy Thornburg, Director, Center for Family Policy & Research, University of Missouri 
"A must read . . . provides the best summary of relevant research on the topic of school readiness to date!"

Jean Ispa, Professor and Co-Chair, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri 
"A wonderful, serious book bringing together seminal and recent research . . . Each [chapter] speaks to practitioners and researchers, and each can move us forward."

David Dickinson, Peabody College and Vanderbilt University 
"Provides authoritative and comprehensive reviews of the most current theory and research."

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