Document Type
Independent Study Project
Publication Date
1-8-2020
Abstract
This project was undertaken as a result of conversations initiated by members of the Spartanburg Academic Movement (SAM) about the desirability of qualitative data to contextualize quantitative data generated by the use of a validated national instrument in Spartanburg County Schools. SAM is a nonprofit and community movement that facilitates the discussion of shared information and intentional, collaborative, and strategic work by cross-sector partnerships in order to foster high levels of academic attainment for all children in Spartanburg County. As part of data-gathering efforts by SAM, the Early Development Instrument (EDI) was implemented to gather data about kindergarten readiness first in Spartanburg School District 7, then in 2017, across all seven Spartanburg County school districts. The EDI is a validated, population-based measure of early child development in five key domains (physical health, emotional maturity, social competence, language and cognitive skills, and communications skills and general knowledge).1 Kindergarten teachers respond to the questions on the EDI for each child in a kindergarten class
Recommended Citation
Lomeli-Garcia, Mayra; Stevens, Jay; Gonzalez, Marianna; Lopez, Sandra; Ortiz, Hector; Taylor, Naya; Barbas Rhoden, Laura; and Dinkins, Christine S., "Contextualizing Kindergarten Readiness Data: A Qualitative Research Study of Forest Park Neighborhood in Spartanburg, South Carolina" (2020). Community Based Research. 4.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/community/4
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Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Community-Based Learning Commons, Community-Based Research Commons, Early Childhood Education Commons, Educational Sociology Commons