Making meaning of school readiness in schools and communities

By P. Wesley, Virginia Buysse. 2003

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education

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Parental Conceptions of School Readiness: Relation to Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Children's Skills (2008, background): “Schools, too, must be ready to accept and work with children from diverse backgrounds and with varying skills ( Wesley & Buysse, 2003 ).”
How Preschoolers' Social–Emotional Learning Predicts Their Early School Success: Developing Theory-Promoting, Competency-Based Assessments (2014, background): “…can be summarized as follows:when ‘…children can interactmeaningfully with each other and adults, follow simple rules and directions, and demonstrate…independence in the classroom…then kindergarten teachers could teach them the other academic skills and knowledge…’ (Wesley & Buysse, 2003, p. 357).”
Social-Emotional Competence as Support for School Readiness: What Is It and How Do We Assess It? (2006, background): “(Wesley & Buysse, 2003, p. 357) Although there is a seeming divergence between developmental psychological and educational research on positive social behavior’s role in school success, there can be no doubt that developmental scientists have created numerous means of measuring positive social…”
Measuring School Readiness: Conceptual and Practical Considerations (2006, background): “…across these major studies, conducted approximately a decade apart, teachers do report that an increased emphasis on standards and accountability have altered their views of readiness, with many more now considering pre-academic skills to be more important than previously (Wesley & Buysse, 2003).”
The Effects of On-Time, Delayed and Early Kindergarten Enrollment on Children's Mathematics Achievement: Differences by Gender, Race, and Family Socio-Economic Status* (2012, background): “School readiness is a widely used term, yet there is very little consensus on what it means (Lin, Lawrence, & Gorrell, 2003; McGill-Franzen; Wesley & Buysse, 2003), or the best way to achieve it (McGillFranzen).”
School Readiness: Are There Social Prerequisites? (2006, background): “For instance, results from one investigation (Wesley & Buysse, 2003) showed that, whereas teachers and principals considered children’s ability to engage in meaningful interactions an important indicator of school readiness, legislators placed greater emphasis on children’s preparedness for…”