How Accurate are Teacher Judgement of Students' Academic Performance. Working Paper Series

摘要

The Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (EeLS) is a study that will focus on children's early school experiences beginning with kindergarten. The ECLS is being developed under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), with additional financial and technical support provided by the Administration of Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs and Office of Indian Education, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Consumer Service. Approximately 23,000 children throughout the country will be selected to participate as they enter kindergarten and will be followed as they move from kindergarten through 5th grade. Base-year data will be collected in the fall of 1998, with additional spring follow-up data collections scheduled for 1999 through 2004. Information about children's neighborhoods, families, schools, and classrooms will be collected from parents, teachers, and school administrators.