The Oregon School Readiness Research Consortium is committed to disseminating their research findings to practitioners, policy-makers, educators, parents, and other researchers throughout the state of Oregon. Policy and Parenting briefs published by the OSRRC can be found below:
By Erica Twardzik, Megan MacDonald, and The Oregon School Readiness Research Consortium
Attending Kindergarten comes with many challenges for young children, one of which is adapting to a new environment. Adapting to a new environment will take time, but the transition can be accelerated by the development of certain skills that help prepare children for change.
Within this brief we will:
By Guadalupe Diaz, Megan McClelland, Karen Thompson, and the Oregon School Readiness Research Consortium
ELLs enter kindergarten with a range of academic, self-regulation, and linguistic skills, but there are clear discrepancies in the achievement of ELLs when compared to non-ELLs.
Within this brief we will:
By Shannon Lipscomb, Alicia Miao, Jennifer Finders, Bridget Hatfield, Katherine Pears, Brianne Kothari, and the Oregon School Readiness Research Consortium
To help inform strategies to improve children’s school readiness, this study looked at readiness community by community.
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By Staci Ebadirad, Bridget Hatfield, Beth Green, Denise Rennekamp, and the Oregon School Readiness Research Consortium
When children are able to pay attention, control their impulses, plan, reason, and solve problems they tend to be more successful in school and in other aspects of life.
Within this brief we will: