Focused on #ChildCare #ECE #Education #ChildDevelopment
South Lake Tahoe, CA
Joined February 2016
- Tweets314
- Following765
- Followers354
- Likes1.6K
Robert Carr retweeted
In the latest SRCD Monograph, researchers examine the effects of #funding in North Carolina’s Pre-Kindergarten program on children’s academic outcomes in elementary school. Read more: doi.org/10.1111/mono.12463
Robert Carr retweeted
Today’s #EarlyEfforts webinar with @HarvardCenter "Place Matters – How the Environment We Create Shapes the Foundations of Early Development” is happening NOW!
🧵Follow along with us for live updates or register here to attend: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
“It is our collective responsibility to ensure that public health policy decisions are driven by the best available data” via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2022/12/10/opini…
2
I’m excited to be going to #SRCD2023 in SLC!! Bookmark this session… “To Pre-K and Beyond: Child Development and Educational Environments Across Pre-K and Elementary School” w/ @BratschHines @kyliegarber & K.Zimmermann @CraneCenterOSU
1
7
1/6 This is a historic day for children in North Carolina. As we move forward, let's revisit some of the recommendations outlined in a 2019 Action Plan designed to achieve compliance with the Leandro decision and ensure a “sound basic education” for all children in North Carolina
BREAKING: In a 4-3 decision, the North Carolina Supreme Court ordered lawmakers to transfer state funds for years two and three of the Leandro plan, making way for major investments in the state's public education system. #nced
1
5
5/6 Evidence from a recent study of children in North Carolina suggest that they will benefit from the combination of NC Pre-K and high-quality elementary schools. That’s encouraging news! Read more here.. ednc.org/perspective-high-qu…
1
Happy Tuesday! Quick announcement… I’m excited to return home to @FPGInstitute! Grateful to join this community of researchers and implementation scientists who are dedicated to tackling the most important issues facing children, families, and the professionals who care for them
Robert Carr’s path to his current role as a research scientist at FPG began in a Head Start preschool classroom in San Diego, where he worked as a volunteer program coordinator. He recently returned to FPG after completing his postdoc training. Learn more: go.unc.edu/s4H5N
4
19
1/ This week's release of the NC school performance grades (a composite measure based on 80% academic achievement and 20% academic growth) gives me the opportunity to highlight recent work showing that *growth* might be the better measure
#NCEd
Test results are in for 2021-22 school year. See how every North Carolina public school fared. #nced #ncpol newsobserver.com/news/local/…
2
2
5/ Importantly, when I considered the composite measure with 80% AA/20% AG, the correlation with student economic disadvantage was just as high as it was when I considered average achievement alone
1
(1/4) Two new papers documenting the importance of measuring growth in student achievement across grades. Both papers utilize data on the population of students in North Carolina public schools as they progressed from third to eighth grade
1
3
(3/4) The second paper finds that the long-term effect of financial investments of North Carolina's NC Pre-K program is larger in school districts with lower rates of growth in academic achievement... edworkingpapers.com/ai21-494
1
1
(4/4) Measuring achievement growth in North Carolina was motivated by @seanfreardon 's measure of educational opportunity in early/middle childhood across all public school districts in the US (with some small but important differences in our methods)... muse.jhu.edu/article/722943