May 4, 2018 | At-risk students, GSRP, Michigan School Districts, Preschool, Research, Young Learners
In a study of 432 Great Start Readiness Program preschool students in a school district in Michigan, students were assessed for oral language English proficiency using the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals test.
Sep 15, 2017 | Age Norm, At-risk students, Pre-K Education, Research
In 2013-14, Oakland University organized a major study of GrapeSEED conducted across 22 preschool classrooms in Michigan. The 432 students that took the assessment were part of Michigan’s state-funded Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) for four year old at-risk...
Sep 15, 2017 | Dose Effect, Pre-K Education, Research
A major study of children from low-income and homeless English speaking families over a period of three years used the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) measurement. The challenge was that these children often times were speaking their own dialect of English, or...
Sep 15, 2017 | Pre-K Education, Testimonial
Certain research including that of Dr. Joseph Torgesen points to a specific window of opportunity for language development, a particularly important age is four years. Such research would appear to lend credence to the educational value of Michigan’s Great Start...
Sep 15, 2017 | DRA, Pre-K Education, Research
Students who started GrapeSEED at an earlier age outperformed their peers. The 2013-2014 research results with the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP) preschool students showed that four-year-old students outperformed their older counterparts. In the second year of...