Achieving excellence in preschool literacy instruction / edited by Laura M. Justice and Carol Vukelich; foreword by William H. Teale

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evidence for creating, expanding, designing, and improving high-quality preschool programs / Andrew J. Mashburn -- The scientifically based reading research approach to early literacy instruction / James F. Christie -- Establishing a science of professional development for early education programs: the knowledge application information systems theory of professional development / Sharon Landesman Ramey and Craig T. Ramey -- Models for coaching: making them work for preschools / Sharon Walpole and Carla K. Meyer -- Mentoring preschool teachers / Shelley Gray -- Formative assessment of classrooms: using classroom observations to improve implementation quality / Bridget K. Hamre, Jennifer LoCasale-Crouch, and Robert C. Pianta -- Are early childhood classrooms preparing children to be school ready?: The CIRCLE teacher behavior rating scale / Mike A. Assel, Susan H. Landry, and Paul R. Swank -- It's in the details: approaches to describing and improving preschool classrooms / David K. Dickinson, Betsy G. Watson, and Dale C. Farran -- Characteristics of classroom environments associated with accelerated literacy development / Renée Casbergue, Lea M. McGee, and April Bedford -- Increasing children's learning by getting to the bottom of their confusion / Judith A. Schickedanz -- Strategic and intentional shared storybook reading / Sonia Q. Cabell ... [et al.] -- Differentiating instruction in the preschool classroom: bridging emergent literacy insturction and developmentally appropriate practice / Terri Purcell and Catherine A. Rosemary -- Language and literacy practices for English language learners in the preschool setting / M. Adelaida Restrepo and Virginia Dubasik -- Quality counts: design and use of an early literacy program review tool / Kathleen A. Roskos and Carol Vukelich -- Indicators and goals of high-quality program evaluation for the preschool classroom / Khara L. Pence -- How to evaluate a screening process: the vocabulary of screening and what educators need to know / Christopher Schatschneider, Yaacov Petscher, and Kellee M. Williams -- Curriculum-based measurement of preschoolers' early literacy skills / Tanis Bryan, Cevriye Ergul, and Karen Burstein.

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